projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates resource

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A community-curated collection of YAML-based templates for the Nuclei vulnerability scanner, used to detect security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed services across applications, APIs, networks, and DNS. It includes thousands of checks with coverage of CISA and VulnCheck Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogs.

Use cases

• scan my infrastructure for known exploited vulnerabilities
• find CVEs in web applications and APIs
• run bug bounty reconnaissance checks
• detect exposed admin panels and misconfigurations
• check assets against CISA KEV catalog
• fingerprint technologies on target hosts
• build custom detection templates for new CVEs

When to choose

• you already use or plan to use the Nuclei scanner engine
• you need community-maintained, frequently updated vulnerability detection signatures
• you want KEV-based prioritized scanning of actively exploited CVEs
• you contribute or customize detection checks via a simple YAML DSL

When to avoid

• you need a standalone scanner - this is only a template dataset, not the scanning engine
• you need deep authenticated dynamic application security testing rather than signature-based checks
• your environment forbids running offensive security tooling

Facets

dataset · maturity active

security vulnerability-scanning penetration-testing security penetration-testing developer-tools cross-platform cli nuclei vulnerability-detection bugbounty yaml-templates kev exploits fingerprinting community-curated

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