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Nmap
Script scan taking forever
P Performance
Medium
🔴 Error Message
--script=vuln scan extremely slow on target
📖 What This Means
Vulnerability scripts run many checks per port.
🔧 Step-by-Step Fix
- Target specific scripts: nmap --script=http-vuln* target
- Limit ports: -p 80,443
- Increase parallelism: --min-parallelism 10
- Use --script-timeout 30s