projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

the payload %s has invalid type

Error message

the payload %s has invalid type

What it means

Error "the payload %s has invalid type" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/protocols/common/generators/validate.go:70

			payloadPathsToProbe, _ := templatePathInfo.MeshWith(payloadType)

			for _, payloadPath := range payloadPathsToProbe {
				if fileutil.FileExists(payloadPath) {
					payloads[name] = payloadPath
					changed = true
					break
				}
			}
			if !changed {
				return fmt.Errorf("the %s file for payload %s does not exist or does not contain enough elements", payloadType, name)
			}
		case interface{}:
			loadedPayloads := types.ToStringSlice(payloadType)
			if len(loadedPayloads) == 0 {
				return fmt.Errorf("the payload %s does not contain enough elements", name)
			}
		default:
			return fmt.Errorf("the payload %s has invalid type", name)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/protocols/common/generators/validate.go:70 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of projectdiscovery/nuclei@265b3a3dec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/849e10d7a3991859. Report an issue: GitHub.