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0009591Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2026-03-19 06:29
Reporterovi Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0009591: /usr/bin/nikto wrapper hardcoded to missing /var/lib/nikto/nikto.pl in version 1:2.6.0-0kali2
Description

Description:
The nikto package in the kali-rolling repository is currently broken out of the box. The shell wrapper installed at /usr/bin/nikto uses a hardcoded path (/var/lib/nikto/nikto.pl) to execute the core Perl script, but that directory and file do not exist in the current installation.

Steps To Reproduce:

Install or reinstall the package: sudo apt install nikto

Attempt to run the tool: nikto -h

Actual Result:
The command fails immediately with the following error:
/usr/bin/nikto: 5: exec: /var/lib/nikto/nikto.pl: not found

Expected Result:
The Nikto help menu should execute successfully.

Additional Information:

Package Version: 1:2.6.0-0kali2

Repository: kali-rolling

Looking at the wrapper script at /usr/bin/nikto, line 5 currently reads:
exec /var/lib/nikto/nikto.pl "$@"

The core nikto.pl script appears to have been relocated in this release, but the wrapper script was not updated to reflect the new path.

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