diff --git a/cmd/nuclei/main.go b/cmd/nuclei/main.go
index 0698fb96d..c08f52bfb 100644
--- a/cmd/nuclei/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nuclei/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/pprof"
 	stringsutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/strings"
 	"github.com/rs/xid"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger/levels"
@@ -263,6 +264,8 @@ on extensive configurability, massive extensibility and ease of use.`)
 		flagSet.StringVarP(&options.InputFileMode, "input-mode", "im", "list", fmt.Sprintf("mode of input file (%v)", provider.SupportedInputFormats())),
 		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.FormatUseRequiredOnly, "required-only", "ro", false, "use only required fields in input format when generating requests"),
 		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.SkipFormatValidation, "skip-format-validation", "sfv", false, "skip format validation (like missing vars) when parsing input file"),
+		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.VarsTextTemplating, "vars-text-templating", "vtt", false, "enable text templating for vars in input file (only for yaml input mode)"),
+		flagSet.StringSliceVarP(&options.VarsFilePaths, "var-file-paths", "vfp", nil, "list of yaml file contained vars to inject into yaml input", goflags.CommaSeparatedStringSliceOptions),
 	)
 
 	flagSet.CreateGroup("templates", "Templates",
@@ -571,6 +574,7 @@ Additional documentation is available at: https://docs.nuclei.sh/getting-started
 		config.DefaultConfig.SetConfigDir(customConfigDir)
 		readFlagsConfig(flagSet)
 	}
+
 	if cfgFile != "" {
 		if !fileutil.FileExists(cfgFile) {
 			options.Logger.Fatal().Msgf("given config file '%s' does not exist", cfgFile)
@@ -579,6 +583,41 @@ Additional documentation is available at: https://docs.nuclei.sh/getting-started
 		if err := flagSet.MergeConfigFile(cfgFile); err != nil {
 			options.Logger.Fatal().Msgf("Could not read config: %s\n", err)
 		}
+
+		if !options.Vars.IsEmpty() {
+			// Maybe we should add vars to the config file as well even if they are set via flags?
+			file, err := os.Open(cfgFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				gologger.Fatal().Msgf("Could not open config file: %s\n", err)
+			}
+			defer func() {
+				_ = file.Close()
+			}()
+			data := make(map[string]interface{})
+			err = yaml.NewDecoder(file).Decode(&data)
+			if err != nil {
+				gologger.Fatal().Msgf("Could not decode config file: %s\n", err)
+			}
+
+			variables := data["var"]
+			if variables != nil {
+				if varSlice, ok := variables.([]interface{}); ok {
+					for _, value := range varSlice {
+						if strVal, ok := value.(string); ok {
+							err = options.Vars.Set(strVal)
+							if err != nil {
+								gologger.Warning().Msgf("Could not set variable from config file: %s\n", err)
+							}
+						} else {
+							gologger.Warning().Msgf("Skipping non-string variable in config: %#v", value)
+						}
+					}
+				} else {
+					gologger.Warning().Msgf("No 'var' section found in config file: %s", cfgFile)
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
 	}
 	if options.NewTemplatesDirectory != "" {
 		config.DefaultConfig.SetTemplatesDir(options.NewTemplatesDirectory)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f8ac019fa..62f9ad0c4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3
 
-go 1.24.1
+go 1.24.2
+
+toolchain go1.24.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.1-0.20171022003610-9aa49832a739+incompatible
@@ -44,17 +46,18 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.21.0
+	carvel.dev/ytt v0.52.0
+	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.17.0
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v1.10.1
-	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.6.1
+	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.1.0
 	github.com/DataDog/gostackparse v0.7.0
-	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1
 	github.com/Mzack9999/gcache v0.0.0-20230410081825-519e28eab057
 	github.com/Mzack9999/goja v0.0.0-20250507184235-e46100e9c697
 	github.com/Mzack9999/goja_nodejs v0.0.0-20250507184139-66bcbf65c883
 	github.com/alitto/pond v1.9.2
 	github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.4.4
-	github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.4
+	github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.3
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.36.5
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.29.17
@@ -128,7 +131,6 @@ require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2 // indirect
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	git.mills.io/prologic/smtpd v0.0.0-20210710122116-a525b76c287a // indirect
-	github.com/42wim/httpsig v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v1.11.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c // indirect
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jcmturner/rpc/v2 v2.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/k14s/starlark-go v0.0.0-20200720175618-3a5c849cc368 // indirect
 	github.com/kataras/jwt v0.1.10 // indirect
 	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ae2cdea3d..deb089746 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 aead.dev/minisign v0.2.0 h1:kAWrq/hBRu4AARY6AlciO83xhNnW9UaC8YipS2uhLPk=
 aead.dev/minisign v0.2.0/go.mod h1:zdq6LdSd9TbuSxchxwhpA9zEb9YXcVGoE8JakuiGaIQ=
+carvel.dev/ytt v0.52.0 h1:tkJPL8Gun5snVfypNXbmMKwnbwMyspcTi3Ypyso3nRY=
+carvel.dev/ytt v0.52.0/go.mod h1:QgmuU7E15EXW1r2wxTt7zExVz14IHwEG4WNMmaFBkJo=
 cel.dev/expr v0.15.0/go.mod h1:TRSuuV7DlVCE/uwv5QbAiW/v8l5O8C4eEPHeu7gf7Sg=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
@@ -270,8 +272,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/vpcaccess v1.7.11/go.mod h1:a2cuAiSCI4TVK0Dt6/dRjf22qQvfY+po
 cloud.google.com/go/webrisk v1.9.11/go.mod h1:mK6M8KEO0ZI7VkrjCq3Tjzw4vYq+3c4DzlMUDVaiswE=
 cloud.google.com/go/websecurityscanner v1.6.11/go.mod h1:vhAZjksELSg58EZfUQ1BMExD+hxqpn0G0DuyCZQjiTg=
 cloud.google.com/go/workflows v1.12.10/go.mod h1:RcKqCiOmKs8wFUEf3EwWZPH5eHc7Oq0kamIyOUCk0IE=
-code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.21.0 h1:69n6oz6kEVHRo1+APQQyizkhrZrLsTLXey9142pfkD4=
-code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.21.0/go.mod h1:tnBjVhuKJCn8ibdyyhvUyxrR1Ca2KHEoTWoukNhXQPA=
+code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.17.0 h1:8JPBss4+Jf7AE1YcfyiGrngTXE8dFSG3si/bypsTH34=
+code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.17.0/go.mod h1:ndkDk99BnfiUCCYEUhpNzi0lpmApXlwRFqClBlOlEBg=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2 h1:85+piFYR1tMbRrLcDwR18y4UKJ3aH1Tbzi24VRW1TK8=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2/go.mod h1:E/hbnu0NxMFBjpMIE34DRGLWqDy0g5FuKDhCb31ngxA=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
@@ -281,8 +283,6 @@ gioui.org v0.0.0-20210308172011-57750fc8a0a6/go.mod h1:RSH6KIUZ0p2xy5zHDxgAM4zum
 git.mills.io/prologic/smtpd v0.0.0-20210710122116-a525b76c287a h1:3i+FJ7IpSZHL+VAjtpQeZCRhrpP0odl5XfoLBY4fxJ8=
 git.mills.io/prologic/smtpd v0.0.0-20210710122116-a525b76c287a/go.mod h1:C7hXLmFmPYPjIDGfQl1clsmQ5TMEQfmzWTrJk475bUs=
 git.sr.ht/~sbinet/gg v0.3.1/go.mod h1:KGYtlADtqsqANL9ueOFkWymvzUvLMQllU5Ixo+8v3pc=
-github.com/42wim/httpsig v1.2.2 h1:ofAYoHUNs/MJOLqQ8hIxeyz2QxOz8qdSVvp3PX/oPgA=
-github.com/42wim/httpsig v1.2.2/go.mod h1:P/UYo7ytNBFwc+dg35IubuAUIs8zj5zzFIgUCEl55WY=
 github.com/AdaLogics/go-fuzz-headers v0.0.0-20240806141605-e8a1dd7889d6 h1:He8afgbRMd7mFxO99hRNu+6tazq8nFF9lIwo9JFroBk=
 github.com/AdaLogics/go-fuzz-headers v0.0.0-20240806141605-e8a1dd7889d6/go.mod h1:8o94RPi1/7XTJvwPpRSzSUedZrtlirdB3r9Z20bi2f8=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.18.0 h1:Gt0j3wceWMwPmiazCa8MzMA0MfhmPIz0Qp0FJ6qcM0U=
@@ -293,14 +293,14 @@ github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity/cache v0.3.2 h1:yz1bePFlP5Vws5+
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity/cache v0.3.2/go.mod h1:Pa9ZNPuoNu/GztvBSKk9J1cDJW6vk/n0zLtV4mgd8N8=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v1.11.1 h1:FPKJS1T+clwv+OLGt13a8UjqeRuh0O4SJ3lUriThc+4=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v1.11.1/go.mod h1:j2chePtV91HrC22tGoRX3sGY42uF13WzmmV80/OdVAA=
-github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage v1.8.0 h1:LR0kAX9ykz8G4YgLCaRDVJ3+n43R8MneB5dTy2konZo=
-github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DWAciXemNf++PQJLeXUB4HHH5OpsAh12HZnu2wXE1jA=
+github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage v1.2.0 h1:Ma67P/GGprNwsslzEH6+Kb8nybI8jpDTm4Wmzu2ReK8=
+github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage v1.2.0/go.mod h1:c+Lifp3EDEamAkPVzMooRNOK6CZjNSdEnf1A7jsI9u4=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/security/keyvault/azkeys v1.3.1 h1:Wgf5rZba3YZqeTNJPtvqZoBu1sBN/L4sry+u2U3Y75w=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/security/keyvault/azkeys v1.3.1/go.mod h1:xxCBG/f/4Vbmh2XQJBsOmNdxWUY5j/s27jujKPbQf14=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/security/keyvault/internal v1.1.1 h1:bFWuoEKg+gImo7pvkiQEFAc8ocibADgXeiLAxWhWmkI=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/security/keyvault/internal v1.1.1/go.mod h1:Vih/3yc6yac2JzU4hzpaDupBJP0Flaia9rXXrU8xyww=
-github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.6.1 h1:lhZdRq7TIx0GJQvSyX2Si406vrYsov2FXGp/RnSEtcs=
-github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.6.1/go.mod h1:8cl44BDmi+effbARHMQjgOKA2AYvcohNm7KEt42mSV8=
+github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.1.0 h1:nVocQV40OQne5613EeLayJiRAJuKlBGy+m22qWG+WRg=
+github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.1.0/go.mod h1:7QJP7dr2wznCMeqIrhMgWGf7XpAQnVrJqDm9nvV3Cu4=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c h1:udKWzYgxTojEKWjV8V+WSxDXJ4NFATAsZjh8iIbsQIg=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c/go.mod h1:xomTg63KZ2rFqZQzSB4Vz2SUXa1BpHTVz9L5PTmPC4E=
 github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.0.0-20221128193559-754e69321358 h1:mFRzDkZVAjdal+s7s0MwaRv9igoPqLRdzOLzw/8Xvq8=
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-extensions-for-go/cache v0.1.1/go.mo
 github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.4.2 h1:oygO0locgZJe7PpYPXT5A29ZkwJaPqcva7BVeemZOZs=
 github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.4.2/go.mod h1:wP83P5OoQ5p6ip3ScPr0BAq0BvuPAvacpEuSzyouqAI=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1 h1:9F2/+DoOYIOksmaJFPw1tGFy1eDnIJXg+UHjuD8lTak=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/DataDog/gostackparse v0.7.0 h1:i7dLkXHvYzHV308hnkvVGDL3BR4FWl7IsXNPz/IGQh4=
 github.com/DataDog/gostackparse v0.7.0/go.mod h1:lTfqcJKqS9KnXQGnyQMCugq3u1FP6UZMfWR0aitKFMM=
@@ -317,8 +319,8 @@ github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/grpc-gcp-go/grpcgcp v1.5.0/go.mod h1:dppbR7CwXD4p
 github.com/JohnCGriffin/overflow v0.0.0-20211019200055-46fa312c352c/go.mod h1:X0CRv0ky0k6m906ixxpzmDRLvX58TFUKS2eePweuyxk=
 github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.1-0.20171022003610-9aa49832a739+incompatible h1:1G1pk05UrOh0NlF1oeaaix1x8XzrfjIDK47TY0Zehcw=
 github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.1-0.20171022003610-9aa49832a739+incompatible/go.mod h1:r7JcOSlj0wfOMncg0iLm8Leh48TZaKVeNIfJntJ2wa0=
-github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 h1:Zog+i5UMtVoCU8oKka5P7i9q9HgrJeGzI9SA1Xbatp0=
-github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0/go.mod h1:4V+yj/TJE1HU9XfppCwVMZq3I84lprf4nC11bSS5beM=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1 h1:RN9w6+7QoMeJVGyfmbcgs28Br8cvmnucEXnY0rYXWg0=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1/go.mod h1:qvl/7zhW3nngYb5+80sSMF+FG2BjYrf8m9wsX0PNOMQ=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2/go.mod h1:WpS1mjBmmwHBEWmogvA2mj8546UReBk4v8QkMxJ6pZY=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 h1:F2VQgta7ecxGYO8k3ZZz3RS8fVIXVxONVUPlNERoyfY=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2/go.mod h1:yd8OoFMLzJbo9gZq8j5qaps8bJ9aShtEA8Ipt1oGCvU=
@@ -391,9 +393,8 @@ github.com/antchfx/htmlquery v1.3.4 h1:Isd0srPkni2iNTWCwVj/72t7uCphFeor5Q8nCzj1j
 github.com/antchfx/htmlquery v1.3.4/go.mod h1:K9os0BwIEmLAvTqaNSua8tXLWRWZpocZIH73OzWQbwM=
 github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.4.4 h1:mxMEkdYP3pjKSftxss4nUHfjBhnMk4imGoR96FRY2dg=
 github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.4.4/go.mod h1:AEPEEPYE9GnA2mj5Ur2L5Q5/2PycJ0N9Fusrx9b12fc=
+github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.3 h1:tmuPQa1Uye0Ym1Zn65vxPgfltWb/Lxu2jeqIGteJSRs=
 github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.3/go.mod h1:i54GszH55fYfBmoZXapTHN8T8tkcHfRgLyVwwqzXNcs=
-github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.4 h1:1ixrW1VnXd4HurCj7qnqnR0jo14g8JMe20Fshg1Vgz4=
-github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.3.4/go.mod h1:i54GszH55fYfBmoZXapTHN8T8tkcHfRgLyVwwqzXNcs=
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 github.com/apache/thrift v0.17.0/go.mod h1:OLxhMRJxomX+1I/KUw03qoV3mMz16BwaKI+d4fPBx7Q=
@@ -849,6 +850,8 @@ github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
+github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 h1:xRy4A+RhZaiKjJ1bPfwQ8sedCA+YS2YcCHW6ec7JMi0=
+github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
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 github.com/google/martian/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:y5Zk1BBys9G+gd6Jrk0W3cC1+ELVxBWuIGO+w/tUAp0=
@@ -952,6 +955,7 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.8/go.mod h1:rjiScheydd+CxvumBsIrFKlx3
 github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.2/go.mod h1:6SBZvOh/SIDV7/2o3Jml5SYk/TvGqwFJ/bN7x4byOro=
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 github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.3/go.mod h1:6SBZvOh/SIDV7/2o3Jml5SYk/TvGqwFJ/bN7x4byOro=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.5.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
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@@ -1018,6 +1022,10 @@ github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0 h1:U0609e9tgbseu3rBINet9P48AI/D3oJs4d
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+github.com/k14s/difflib v0.0.0-20201117154628-0c031775bf57 h1:CwBRArr+BWBopnUJhDjJw86rPL/jGbEjfHWKzTasSqE=
+github.com/k14s/difflib v0.0.0-20201117154628-0c031775bf57/go.mod h1:B0xN2MiNBGWOWi9CcfAo9LBI8IU4J1utlbOIJCsmKr4=
+github.com/k14s/starlark-go v0.0.0-20200720175618-3a5c849cc368 h1:4bcRTTSx+LKSxMWibIwzHnDNmaN1x52oEpvnjCy+8vk=
+github.com/k14s/starlark-go v0.0.0-20200720175618-3a5c849cc368/go.mod h1:lKGj1op99m4GtQISxoD2t+K+WO/q2NzEPKvfXFQfbCA=
 github.com/kataras/jwt v0.1.10 h1:GBXOF9RVInDPhCFBiDumRG9Tt27l7ugLeLo8HL5SeKQ=
 github.com/kataras/jwt v0.1.10/go.mod h1:xkimAtDhU/aGlQqjwvgtg+VyuPwMiyZHaY8LJRh0mYo=
 github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
@@ -1659,6 +1667,7 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211108221036-ceb1ce70b4fa/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211209193657-4570a0811e8b/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220525230936-793ad666bf5e/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
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 golang.org/x/crypto v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RecgLatLF4+eUMCP1PoPZQb+cVrJcOPbHkTkbkB9sbw=
@@ -1919,6 +1928,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190726091711-fc99dfbffb4e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190916202348-b4ddaad3f8a3/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191002063906-3421d5a6bb1c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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diff --git a/integration_tests/fuzz/fuzz-body.yaml b/integration_tests/fuzz/fuzz-body.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01a3006f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/fuzz/fuzz-body.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+id: fuzz-body
+
+info:
+  name: fuzzing error sqli payloads in http req body
+  author: pdteam
+  severity: info
+  description: |
+    This template attempts to find SQL injection vulnerabilities by fuzzing http body
+    It automatically handles and parses json,xml,multipart form and x-www-form-urlencoded data
+    and performs fuzzing on the value of every key
+
+http:
+  - pre-condition:
+      - type: dsl
+        dsl:
+          - method != "GET"
+          - method != "HEAD"
+        condition: and
+    
+    payloads:
+      injection:
+        - "'"
+        - "\""
+        - ";"
+    
+    fuzzing:
+      - part: body
+        type: postfix
+        mode: single
+        fuzz:
+          - '{{injection}}'
+  
+    stop-at-first-match: true
+    matchers:
+      - type: word
+        words:
+          - "unrecognized token:"
+          - "null"
diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/formats.go b/pkg/input/formats/formats.go
index a680888ae..c7798286a 100644
--- a/pkg/input/formats/formats.go
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/formats.go
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ type InputFormatOptions struct {
 	// RequiredOnly only uses required fields when generating requests
 	// instead of all fields
 	RequiredOnly bool
+	// VarsTextTemplating uses Variables and inject it into the input
+	// this is used for text templating of variables based on carvel ytt
+	// Only available for Yaml formats
+	VarsTextTemplating bool
+	// VarsFilePaths is the path to the file containing variables
+	VarsFilePaths []string
 }
 
 // Format is an interface implemented by all input formats
diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ginandjuice.ytt.yaml b/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ginandjuice.ytt.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b40ece639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ginandjuice.ytt.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#@ load("@ytt:data", "data")
+#@ load("@ytt:json", "json")
+
+#@ def get_value(key, default=""):
+#@   if hasattr(data.values, key):
+#@     return str(getattr(data.values, key))
+#@   else:
+#@     return default
+#@   end
+#@ end
+
+timestamp: 2024-02-20T19:24:13+05:32
+url: https://ginandjuice.shop/users/3
+request:
+  #@yaml/text-templated-strings
+  raw: |+
+    POST /users/3 HTTP/1.1
+    Host: ginandjuice.shop
+    Authorization: Bearer (@= get_value("token", "3x4mpl3t0k3n") @)
+    Accept-Encoding: gzip
+    Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+    Connection: close
+    User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 11_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.88 Safari/537.36
+
+    foo=(@= json.encode(data.values.foo) @)&bar=(@= get_value("bar") @)&debug=(@= get_value("debug", "false") @)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ytt-profile.yaml b/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ytt-profile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01e794ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ytt-profile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+list: pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ginandjuice.ytt.yaml
+input-mode: yaml
+templates: 
+  - integration_tests/fuzz/fuzz-body.yaml
+var:
+  - debug=true
+  - bar=bar
+vars-text-templating: true
+var-file-paths:
+  - pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ytt-vars.yaml
+dast: true 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ytt-vars.yaml b/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ytt-vars.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..625ba7ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/testdata/ytt/ytt-vars.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+token: foobar 
+foo: 
+  bar: baz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc.go b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc.go
index 6d75e0334..a77375c77 100644
--- a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc.go
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package yaml
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"io"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
@@ -46,23 +46,41 @@ func (j *YamlMultiDocFormat) SetOptions(options formats.InputFormatOptions) {
 // Parse parses the input and calls the provided callback
 // function for each RawRequest it discovers.
 func (j *YamlMultiDocFormat) Parse(input io.Reader, resultsCb formats.ParseReqRespCallback, filePath string) error {
-	decoder := YamlUtil.NewDecoder(input)
+	finalInput := input
+
+	// Apply text templating if enabled
+	if j.opts.VarsTextTemplating {
+		data, err := io.ReadAll(input)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not read input")
+		}
+		tpl := []string{string(data)}
+		dvs := mapToKeyValueSlice(j.opts.Variables)
+		finalData, err := ytt(tpl, dvs, j.opts.VarsFilePaths)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not apply ytt templating")
+		}
+		finalInput = bytes.NewReader(finalData)
+	}
+
+	decoder := YamlUtil.NewDecoder(finalInput)
 	for {
 		var request proxifyRequest
-		err := decoder.Decode(&request)
-		if err == io.EOF {
-			break
+		if err := decoder.Decode(&request); err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not decode yaml file")
 		}
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not decode json file")
-		}
-		if strings.TrimSpace(request.Request.Raw) == "" {
+
+		raw := request.Request.Raw
+		if raw == "" {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		rawRequest, err := types.ParseRawRequestWithURL(request.Request.Raw, request.URL)
+		rawRequest, err := types.ParseRawRequestWithURL(raw, request.URL)
 		if err != nil {
-			gologger.Warning().Msgf("multidoc-yaml: Could not parse raw request %s: %s\n", request.URL, err)
+			gologger.Warning().Msgf("multidoc-yaml: Could not parse raw request %s: %s", request.URL, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		resultsCb(rawRequest)
diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc_test.go b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc_test.go
index efc7733ea..40d078a0a 100644
--- a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package yaml
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/input/formats"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/input/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -33,3 +35,48 @@ func TestYamlFormatterParse(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, urls, len(expectedUrls), "invalid number of urls")
 	require.ElementsMatch(t, urls, expectedUrls, "invalid urls")
 }
+
+func TestYamlFormatterParseWithVariables(t *testing.T) {
+	format := New()
+	proxifyYttFile := "../testdata/ytt/ginandjuice.ytt.yaml"
+
+	expectedUrls := []string{
+		"https://ginandjuice.shop/users/3",
+	}
+
+	format.SetOptions(formats.InputFormatOptions{
+		VarsTextTemplating: true,
+		Variables: map[string]interface{}{
+			"foo": "catalog",
+			"bar": "product",
+		},
+	})
+	file, err := os.Open(proxifyYttFile)
+	require.Nilf(t, err, "error opening proxify ytt input file: %v", err)
+	defer func() {
+		_ = file.Close()
+	}()
+
+	var urls []string
+	err = format.Parse(file, func(request *types.RequestResponse) bool {
+		urls = append(urls, request.URL.String())
+		expectedRaw := `POST /users/3 HTTP/1.1
+Host: ginandjuice.shop
+Authorization: Bearer 3x4mpl3t0k3n
+Accept-Encoding: gzip
+Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+Connection: close
+User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 11_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.88 Safari/537.36
+
+foo="catalog"&bar=product&debug=false`
+		normalised := strings.ReplaceAll(request.Request.Raw, "\r\n", "\n")
+		require.Equal(t, expectedRaw, strings.TrimSuffix(normalised, "\n"), "request raw does not match expected value")
+
+		return false
+	}, proxifyYttFile)
+
+	require.Nilf(t, err, "error parsing yaml file: %v", err)
+	require.Len(t, urls, len(expectedUrls), "invalid number of urls")
+	require.ElementsMatch(t, urls, expectedUrls, "invalid urls")
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/ytt.go b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/ytt.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..faaf6ccdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/ytt.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package yaml
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	yttcmd "carvel.dev/ytt/pkg/cmd/template"
+	yttui "carvel.dev/ytt/pkg/cmd/ui"
+	yttfiles "carvel.dev/ytt/pkg/files"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+func ytt(tpl, dvs []string, varFiles []string) ([]byte, error) {
+	// create and invoke ytt "template" command
+	templatingOptions := yttcmd.NewOptions()
+
+	input, err := templatesAsInput(tpl...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(varFiles) > 0 {
+		// Load vaarFiles into the templating options.
+		templatingOptions.DataValuesFlags.FromFiles = varFiles
+	}
+
+	// equivalent to `--data-value-yaml`
+	templatingOptions.DataValuesFlags.KVsFromYAML = dvs
+
+	// for in-memory use, pipe output to "/dev/null"
+	noopUI := yttui.NewCustomWriterTTY(false, noopWriter{}, noopWriter{})
+
+	// Evaluate the template given the configured data values...
+	output := templatingOptions.RunWithFiles(input, noopUI)
+	if output.Err != nil {
+		return nil, output.Err
+	}
+
+	return output.DocSet.AsBytes()
+}
+
+// templatesAsInput conveniently wraps one or more strings, each in a files.File, into a template.Input.
+func templatesAsInput(tpl ...string) (yttcmd.Input, error) {
+	var files []*yttfiles.File
+	for i, t := range tpl {
+		// to make this less brittle, you'll probably want to use well-defined names for `path`, here, for each input.
+		// this matters when you're processing errors which report based on these paths.
+		file, err := yttfiles.NewFileFromSource(yttfiles.NewBytesSource(fmt.Sprintf("tpl%d.yml", i), []byte(t)))
+		if err != nil {
+			return yttcmd.Input{}, err
+		}
+
+		files = append(files, file)
+	}
+
+	return yttcmd.Input{Files: files}, nil
+}
+
+func mapToKeyValueSlice(m map[string]interface{}) []string {
+	var result []string
+	for k, v := range m {
+		y, _ := yaml.Marshal(v)
+		result = append(result, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, strings.TrimSpace(string(y))))
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+type noopWriter struct{}
+
+func (w noopWriter) Write(data []byte) (int, error) { return len(data), nil }
diff --git a/pkg/input/provider/interface.go b/pkg/input/provider/interface.go
index 32b923dd6..9e1d09ab2 100644
--- a/pkg/input/provider/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/input/provider/interface.go
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ func NewInputProvider(opts InputOptions) (InputProvider, error) {
 				Variables:            generators.MergeMaps(extraVars, opts.Options.Vars.AsMap()),
 				SkipFormatValidation: opts.Options.SkipFormatValidation,
 				RequiredOnly:         opts.Options.FormatUseRequiredOnly,
+				VarsTextTemplating:   opts.Options.VarsTextTemplating,
+				VarsFilePaths:        opts.Options.VarsFilePaths,
 			},
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/types/types.go b/pkg/types/types.go
index 48c186c84..26e98ba69 100644
--- a/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ type Options struct {
 	FormatUseRequiredOnly bool
 	// SkipFormatValidation is used to skip format validation
 	SkipFormatValidation bool
+	// VarsTextTemplating is used to inject variables into yaml input files
+	VarsTextTemplating bool
+	// VarsFilePaths is  used to inject variables into yaml input files from a file
+	VarsFilePaths goflags.StringSlice
 	// PayloadConcurrency is the number of concurrent payloads to run per template
 	PayloadConcurrency int
 	// ProbeConcurrency is the number of concurrent http probes to run with httpx