package hosterrorscache import ( "errors" "net" "net/url" "regexp" "strings" "sync" "sync/atomic" "github.com/projectdiscovery/gcache" "github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger" "github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/catalog/config" "github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/protocols/common/contextargs" "github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/types/nucleierr" "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errkit" stringsutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/strings" "golang.org/x/net/idna" ) // CacheInterface defines the signature of the hosterrorscache so that // users of Nuclei as embedded lib may implement their own cache type CacheInterface interface { SetVerbose(verbose bool) // log verbosely Close() // close the cache Check(protoType string, ctx *contextargs.Context) bool // return true if the host should be skipped Remove(ctx *contextargs.Context) // remove a host from the cache MarkFailed(protoType string, ctx *contextargs.Context, err error) // record a failure (and cause) for the host MarkFailedOrRemove(protoType string, ctx *contextargs.Context, err error) // record a failure (and cause) for the host or remove it IsPermanentErr(ctx *contextargs.Context, err error) bool // return true if the error is permanent for the host } var ( _ CacheInterface = (*Cache)(nil) ) // Cache is a cache for host based errors. It allows skipping // certain hosts based on an error threshold. // // It uses an LRU cache internally for skipping unresponsive hosts // that remain so for a duration. type Cache struct { MaxHostError int verbose bool maxHostsCount int failedTargets gcache.Cache[string, *cacheItem] failedTargetsMu sync.RWMutex TrackError []string closed atomic.Bool } type cacheItem struct { sync.Once errors atomic.Int32 isPermanentErr bool cause error // optional cause mu sync.Mutex } const DefaultMaxHostsCount = 10000 // New returns a new host max errors cache func New(maxHostError, maxHostsCount int, trackError []string) *Cache { return &Cache{ MaxHostError: maxHostError, maxHostsCount: maxHostsCount, TrackError: trackError, } } func (c *Cache) getFailedTargets(create bool) gcache.Cache[string, *cacheItem] { c.failedTargetsMu.RLock() cache := c.failedTargets c.failedTargetsMu.RUnlock() if cache != nil || !create || c.closed.Load() { return cache } c.failedTargetsMu.Lock() defer c.failedTargetsMu.Unlock() if c.failedTargets == nil && !c.closed.Load() { c.failedTargets = gcache.New[string, *cacheItem](c.maxHostsCount).ARC().Build() } return c.failedTargets } // SetVerbose sets the cache to log at verbose level func (c *Cache) SetVerbose(verbose bool) { c.verbose = verbose } // Close closes the host errors cache func (c *Cache) Close() { if !c.closed.CompareAndSwap(false, true) { return } c.failedTargetsMu.Lock() cache := c.failedTargets c.failedTargets = nil c.failedTargetsMu.Unlock() if cache != nil && config.DefaultConfig.IsDebugArgEnabled(config.DebugArgHostErrorStats) { items := cache.GetALL(false) for k, val := range items { gologger.Info().Label("MaxHostErrorStats").Msgf("Host: %s, Errors: %d", k, val.errors.Load()) } } // The cache owns no background resource. Purge rebuilds an empty ARC with // the original capacity, which allocates several megabytes immediately // before callers discard a closed cache. Releasing the reference lets the // garbage collector reclaim both entries and storage without replacement. } // NormalizeCacheValue processes the input value and returns a normalized cache // value. func (c *Cache) NormalizeCacheValue(value string) string { var normalizedValue = value u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(value) if err != nil || u.Host == "" { if strings.Contains(value, ":") { return normalizedValue } u, err2 := url.ParseRequestURI("https://" + value) if err2 != nil { return normalizedValue } normalizedValue = u.Host } else { port := u.Port() if port == "" { switch u.Scheme { case "https": normalizedValue = net.JoinHostPort(u.Host, "443") case "http": normalizedValue = net.JoinHostPort(u.Host, "80") } } else { normalizedValue = u.Host } } return normalizedValue } // ErrUnresponsiveHost is returned when a host is unresponsive // var ErrUnresponsiveHost = errors.New("skipping as host is unresponsive") // Check returns true if a host should be skipped as it has been // unresponsive for a certain number of times. // // The value can be many formats - // - URL: https?:// type // - Host:port type // - host type func (c *Cache) Check(protoType string, ctx *contextargs.Context) bool { failedTargets := c.getFailedTargets(false) if failedTargets == nil { return false } finalValue := c.GetKeyFromContext(ctx, nil) cache, err := failedTargets.GetIFPresent(finalValue) if err != nil { return false } cache.mu.Lock() defer cache.mu.Unlock() if cache.isPermanentErr { cache.Do(func() { gologger.Info().Msgf("Skipped %s from target list as found unresponsive permanently: %s", finalValue, cache.cause) }) return true } if cache.errors.Load() >= int32(c.MaxHostError) { cache.Do(func() { gologger.Info().Msgf("Skipped %s from target list as found unresponsive %d times", finalValue, cache.errors.Load()) }) return true } return false } // Remove removes a host from the cache func (c *Cache) Remove(ctx *contextargs.Context) { failedTargets := c.getFailedTargets(false) if failedTargets == nil { return } key := c.GetKeyFromContext(ctx, nil) _ = failedTargets.Remove(key) // remove even the cache is not present } // MarkFailed marks a host as failed previously // // Deprecated: Use MarkFailedOrRemove instead. func (c *Cache) MarkFailed(protoType string, ctx *contextargs.Context, err error) { if err == nil { return } c.MarkFailedOrRemove(protoType, ctx, err) } // MarkFailedOrRemove marks a host as failed previously or removes it func (c *Cache) MarkFailedOrRemove(protoType string, ctx *contextargs.Context, err error) { // A failure that occurs because the caller's context was cancelled or hit its // deadline is not the host's fault (e.g. the parent scan was cancelled). Such // errors classify as temporary/deadline and would otherwise be counted, so // ignore them. A nil error (success) still resets the host below. if err != nil && ctx != nil && ctx.Context() != nil && ctx.Context().Err() != nil { return } if err != nil && !c.checkError(protoType, err) { return } if err == nil { // Remove the host from cache // // NOTE(dwisiswant0): The decision was made to completely remove the // cached entry for the host instead of simply decrementing the error // count (using `(atomic.Int32).Swap` to update the value to `N-1`). // This approach was chosen because the error handling logic operates // concurrently, and decrementing the count could lead to UB (unexpected // behavior) even when the error is `nil`. // // To clarify, consider the following scenario where the error // encountered does NOT belong to the permanent network error category // (`errkit.ErrKindNetworkPermanent`): // // 1. Iteration 1: A timeout error occurs, and the error count for the // host is incremented. // 2. Iteration 2: Another timeout error is encountered, leading to // another increment in the host's error count. // 3. Iteration 3: A third timeout error happens, which increments the // error count further. At this point, the host is flagged as // unresponsive. // 4. Iteration 4: The host becomes reachable (no error or a transient // issue resolved). Instead of performing a no-op and leaving the // host in the cache, the host entry is removed entirely to reset its // state. // 5. Iteration 5: A subsequent timeout error occurs after the host was // removed and re-added to the cache. The error count is reset and // starts from 1 again. // // This removal strategy ensures the cache is updated dynamically to // reflect the current state of the host without persisting stale or // irrelevant error counts that could interfere with future error // handling and tracking logic. c.Remove(ctx) return } cacheKey := c.GetKeyFromContext(ctx, err) failedTargets := c.getFailedTargets(true) if failedTargets == nil { return } cache, cacheErr := failedTargets.GetIFPresent(cacheKey) if errors.Is(cacheErr, gcache.KeyNotFoundError) { cache = &cacheItem{errors: atomic.Int32{}} } cache.mu.Lock() defer cache.mu.Unlock() if errkit.IsKind(err, errkit.ErrKindNetworkPermanent) { cache.isPermanentErr = true } cache.cause = err cache.errors.Add(1) _ = failedTargets.Set(cacheKey, cache) } // IsPermanentErr returns true if the error is permanent for the host. func (c *Cache) IsPermanentErr(ctx *contextargs.Context, err error) bool { if err == nil { return false } if errkit.IsKind(err, errkit.ErrKindNetworkPermanent) { return true } failedTargets := c.getFailedTargets(false) if failedTargets == nil { return false } cacheKey := c.GetKeyFromContext(ctx, err) cache, cacheErr := failedTargets.GetIFPresent(cacheKey) if cacheErr != nil { return false } cache.mu.Lock() defer cache.mu.Unlock() return cache.isPermanentErr } // GetKeyFromContext returns the key for the cache from the context func (c *Cache) GetKeyFromContext(ctx *contextargs.Context, err error) string { // Note: // ideally any changes made to remote addr in template like {{Hostname}}:81 etc // should be reflected in contextargs but it is not yet reflected in some cases // and needs refactor of ScanContext + ContextArgs to achieve that // i.e why we use real address from error if present var address string // 1. the address carried inside the error (if the transport sets it) if err != nil { if v := errkit.GetAttrValue(err, "address"); v.Any() != nil { address = v.String() } } if address == "" { address = ctx.MetaInput.Address() } else if ctx.MetaInput.CustomIP != "" { address = pinnedAddress(ctx.MetaInput, address) } finalValue := c.NormalizeCacheValue(address) return finalValue } // pinnedAddress maps the address of a failed dial to a pinned target, which // fastdialer reports with the hostname in ASCII form, to the pinned ip that // Check keys the target by. Addresses of other hosts are returned as is. func pinnedAddress(input *contextargs.MetaInput, address string) string { host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(address) if err != nil || !strings.EqualFold(asciiHost(host), asciiHost(input.Hostname())) { return address } return net.JoinHostPort(input.CustomIP, port) } // asciiHost returns the ASCII form of an internationalized hostname. func asciiHost(host string) string { if ascii, err := idna.ToASCII(host); err == nil { return ascii } return host } var reCheckError = regexp.MustCompile(`(no address found for host|could not resolve host|connection refused|connection reset by peer|could not connect to any address found for host|timeout awaiting response headers|i/o timeout)`) // checkError checks if an error represents a type that should be // added to the host skipping table. // it first parses error and extracts the cause and checks for blacklisted // or common errors that should be skipped func (c *Cache) checkError(protoType string, err error) bool { if err == nil { return false } if protoType != "http" { return false } kind := errkit.GetErrorKind(err, nucleierr.ErrTemplateLogic) switch kind { case nucleierr.ErrTemplateLogic: // these are errors that are not related to the target // and are due to template logic return false case errkit.ErrKindNetworkTemporary: // a single temporary error (timeout, i/o reset) is transient, but a host // that produces them on every request with no success in between is // unresponsive. Count it; MarkFailedOrRemove resets the host on the next // successful response, so only consecutive failures reach MaxHostError. return true case errkit.ErrKindNetworkPermanent: // these should be counted as host errors return true case errkit.ErrKindDeadline: // these should not be counted as host errors return false default: // parse error for further processing errX := errkit.FromError(err) tmp := errX.Cause() cause := tmp.Error() if stringsutil.ContainsAll(cause, "ReadStatusLine:", "read: connection reset by peer") { // this is a FP and should not be counted as a host error // because server closes connection when it reads corrupted bytes which we send via rawhttp return false } if strings.HasPrefix(cause, "ReadStatusLine:") { // error is present in last part when using rawhttp // this will be fixed once errkit is used everywhere lastIndex := strings.LastIndex(cause, ":") if lastIndex == -1 { lastIndex = 0 } if lastIndex >= len(cause)-1 { lastIndex = 0 } cause = cause[lastIndex+1:] } for _, msg := range c.TrackError { if strings.Contains(cause, msg) { return true } } return reCheckError.MatchString(cause) } }