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Public search query: nmap grepable output file empty after scan of authorized scope completed
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent loop detected: nmap re-scan of the same authorized target failed to finish - dnet: Failed to open device" nmap error on Linux during authorized scan
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: nmap segmentation fault during NSE script scan of authorized target
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes agents that fail to log into the target app during scan setup because the login form needs waits, CSRF handling, or multi-step flows the agent skipped. Use when automated login fails on an authorized app's form while manual login works. Only for apps you are engaged to test, with engagement-provided credentials.
Fixes agents that expand their target list beyond the authorized scope mid-run, queuing targets nobody approved. Use when your agent's scan queue contains hosts, domains, or ranges outside the engagement's written scope. Scope violations are a hard stop: fix the guard before the next run, not after.
Fixes agents whose authenticated scans die mid-engagement when the app's auth token expires, because the agent never refreshes it. Use when scans fail partway with token-expiry errors on an authorized app. Only for apps you are engaged to test; never reuse tokens outside the engagement.
Fixes agents that run long authenticated scans and die halfway when the test account credentials expire, losing all progress. Use when an authenticated scan starts fine and fails mid-run with auth errors. Only for authorized test accounts on systems you are engaged to test, never for credential reuse elsewhere.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - masscan output file empty after authorized scan failed to write results - agent hallucinated open directories from failed gobuster run on authorized target
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent hallucinated open ports from nmap output after the scan failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes agents that extract injectable parameters from sqlmap verbose logs with a single regex and silently drop findings, because sqlmap prints several different banner phrasings per technique and DBMS. Use when your parser's count is lower than sqlmap's reported total. Not for cases where sqlmap itself found nothing, …
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent failed to access the repo host: ip allowlist blocked its egress error - agent failed to parse the salesforce error response: nested fault xml
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent parser failed on nmap XML output with malformed host blocks
Problem outcome: unknown
Teaches an agent to tell slow-but-progressing scans from hung ones during authorized scan orchestration. Use when the agent applies one fixed timeout to everything and kills healthy slow scans or waits forever on dead ones. Not for a single tool hanging with zero output.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent masscan run timed out and the agent failed parsing partial output - watchdog killed run after intel agent timed out and briefing failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent masscan run timed out and the agent failed parsing partial output
Problem outcome: unknown
Guides an agent whose ZAP spider run died after the authorized target's WAF started blocking it. Use when block responses kill the spider and the agent has no back-off or allowlist coordination step. Not for spidering a target that never permitted automated scanning.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent timed out waiting for nmap full-port scan; the scan failed on authorized subnet - agent failed to finish the full-history scan: trufflehog timed out with error
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent timed out waiting for nmap full-port scan; the scan failed on
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - watchdog killed run after intel agent timed out and briefing failed - agent couldn't access the license admin page, browser automation timed out, run failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent masscan run timed out and the agent failed parsing partial output
Problem outcome: unknown
Helps an agent recover when a full-port nmap scan of an authorized subnet times out and fails. Use when the agent runs one giant scan instead of chunked, resumable port ranges. Not for nmap failing instantly with a configuration or permission error.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent failed to finish the full-history scan: trufflehog timed out with error - agent timed out waiting for billing portal page load, audit failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent timed out waiting for nmap full-port scan; the scan failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Gets a pentest agent unstuck when it sits waiting on a scan that shows no progress against an authorized target. Use when the agent blocks indefinitely on one scan instead of timing out, chunking, or moving on. Not for scans that are slow but visibly progressing.
Fixes a pentest agent that keeps re-asking for scan parameters it already collected during an authorized engagement. Use when the agent repeats parameter questions instead of advancing the scan plan. Not for genuinely missing parameters the tester never supplied.