Nuclei
Penetration Testing 5 commands

Nuclei

Fast and customizable vulnerability scanner based on YAML templates. Community-powered with thousands of detection templates.

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Official docs

Installation

go install -v github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/cmd/nuclei@latest
# or
brew install nuclei

Commands & usage

5 entries
  • nuclei -u <url>

    Scan single target

  • nuclei -l urls.txt

    Scan multiple targets

  • nuclei -u <url> -t cves/

    Scan with CVE templates

  • nuclei -u <url> -severity critical,high

    Filter by severity

  • nuclei -update-templates

    Update template library

Use cases

Vulnerability scanningCVE detectionMisconfiguration detectionBug bounty huntingSecurity automation