projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

unsupported ip version: %s

Error message

unsupported ip version: %s

What it means

Error "unsupported ip version: %s" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at internal/runner/options.go:226

		if missing != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("gitlab server details are missing. Please provide %s", strings.Join(missing, ","))
		}
	}

	// verify that a valid ip version type was selected (4, 6)
	if len(options.IPVersion) == 0 {
		// add ipv4 as default
		options.IPVersion = append(options.IPVersion, "4")
	}
	var useIPV4, useIPV6 bool
	for _, ipv := range options.IPVersion {
		switch ipv {
		case "4":
			useIPV4 = true
		case "6":
			useIPV6 = true
		default:
			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported ip version: %s", ipv)
		}
	}
	if !useIPV4 && !useIPV6 {
		return errors.New("ipv4 and/or ipv6 must be selected")
	}
	return nil
}

func validateMissingS3Options(options *types.Options) []string {
	var missing []string
	if options.AwsBucketName == "" {
		missing = append(missing, "AWS_TEMPLATE_BUCKET")
	}
	if options.AwsProfile == "" {
		var missingCreds []string
		if options.AwsAccessKey == "" {
			missingCreds = append(missingCreds, "AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
		}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/runner/options.go:226 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/d172bf5b6c23a106. Report an issue: GitHub.