Problem with templates when running directly from docker image

[w-dan]

dan@pop-os:~/Desktop$ docker run projectdiscovery/nuclei -target https://wordpress.com

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/_/ /_/\__,_/\___/_/\___/_/   2.7.0


projectdiscovery.io

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[INF] nuclei-templates are not installed, installing...
[ERR] Could not update templates: Version string empty
[ERR] Could not read nuclei-ignore file: open /root/.config/nuclei/.nuclei-ignore: no such file or directory
[ERR] Could not find template '/root/nuclei-templates': could not find file: stat /root/nuclei-templates: no such file or directory
[INF] Using Nuclei Engine 2.7.0
[INF] Using Nuclei Templates 
[FTL] Could not run nuclei: no valid templates were found

Found out about the tool recently and i've been barely experimenting for about a week, running the docker image in some scripts, just targetting some URL's with no flags at all. It worked perfectly until just today. I'm not sure about what might be going on or how to fix this since i'm pulling a fresh image every time i run this command.

Edit: tried using #305 (comment) and got [ERR] Could not update templates: Version string empty

dan@pop-os:~/Desktop$ docker run projectdiscovery/nuclei -update-templates -v

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  / __ \/ / / / ___/ / _ \/ /
 / / / / /_/ / /__/ /  __/ /
/_/ /_/\__,_/\___/_/\___/_/   2.7.0

		projectdiscovery.io

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[WRN] Developers assume no liability and are not responsible for any misuse or damage.
[WRN] Could not fetch latest releases: could not do request: Get "https://version-check.nuclei.sh/versions?v=2.7.0": context deadline exceeded
[INF] nuclei-templates are not installed, installing...
[WRN] Could not fetch latest releases: could not do request: Get "https://version-check.nuclei.sh/versions?v=2.7.0": context deadline exceeded
[ERR] Could not update templates: Version string empty

[ehsandeep]

@w-dan, thanks for raising this, but this looks like a network issue with your docker instance that unable to connect version-check.nuclei.sh

[w-dan]

That makes sense, i'll look into it.
Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience