perf(*): replace encoding/json w/ sonic or go-json (fallback)

cmd/docgen/docgen.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/invopop/jsonschema"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/templates"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 )
 
 var pathRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`github\.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/(?:internal|pkg)/(?:.*/)?([A-Za-z.]+)`)

cmd/integration-test/fuzz.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/output"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/testutils"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -200,4 +200,4 @@ func (h *fuzzMultipleMode) Execute(filePath string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	return expectResultsCount(got, 1)
-}
+}

cmd/integration-test/http.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/testutils"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go"
 	errorutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errors"
 	logutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/log"

cmd/integration-test/matcher-status.go

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/output"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/testutils"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 )
 
 var matcherStatusTestcases = []TestCaseInfo{

cmd/tmc/main.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/protocols/common/protocolstate"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/templates"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go"
 	errorutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errors"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"

go.mod

@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/bodgit/sevenzip v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/bodgit/windows v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.12.8 // indirect
+	github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.13.0 // indirect
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20221115062448-fe3a3abad311 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v1.6.4 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.8 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudwego/base64x v0.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.5 // indirect
 	github.com/davidmz/go-pageant v1.0.2 // indirect
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-sourcemap/sourcemap v2.1.4+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 // indirect
+	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-sql/civil v0.0.0-20220223132316-b832511892a9 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7N
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ED5hyg4y6t3/9Ku1R6dU/4KyJ48DZ4jPhfY1O2AihPM=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.9.1 h1:6iJ6NqdoxCDr6mbY8h18oSO+cShGSMRGCEo7F2h0x8s=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.9.1/go.mod h1:i736AoUSYt75HyZLoJW9ERYxcy6eaN6h4BZXU064P/U=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.12.8 h1:4xYRVRlXIgvSZ4e8iVTlMF5szgpXd4AfvuWgA8I8lgs=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.12.8/go.mod h1:uVvFidNmlt9+wa31S1urfwwthTWteBgG0hWuoKAXTx8=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.1.1/go.mod h1:ncP89zfokxS5LZrJxl5z0UJcsk4M4yY2JpfqGeCtNLU=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.2.2 h1:jxAJuN9fOot/cyz5Q6dUuMJF5OqQ6+5GfA8FjjQ0R4o=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.2.2/go.mod h1:N8A3vUdtUebEY2/VQC0MyhYeKUFosQU6FxH2JmUe6VI=
 github.com/caddyserver/certmagic v0.19.2 h1:HZd1AKLx4592MalEGQS39DKs2ZOAJCEM/xYPMQ2/ui0=
 github.com/caddyserver/certmagic v0.19.2/go.mod h1:fsL01NomQ6N+kE2j37ZCnig2MFosG+MIO4ztnmG/zz8=
 github.com/casbin/casbin/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:YcPU1XXisHhLzuxH9coDNf2FbKpjGlbCg3n9yuLkIJQ=
@@ -266,6 +271,9 @@ github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v1.6.4/go.mod h1:8b3CQMxfWPAeom3zBnGJ6sd+G1NkL5TXqmD
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.1.0/go.mod h1:prBCrKB9DV4poKZY1l9zBXg2QJY7mvgRvtMxxK7fi4I=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.8 h1:j+V8jJt09PoeMFIu2uh5JUyEaIHTXVOHslFoLNAKqwI=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.8/go.mod h1:PDRU+oXvdD7KCtgKxW95M5Z8BpSCJXQORiZFnBQS5QU=
+github.com/cloudwego/base64x v0.1.5 h1:XPciSp1xaq2VCSt6lF0phncD4koWyULpl5bUxbfCyP4=
+github.com/cloudwego/base64x v0.1.5/go.mod h1:0zlkT4Wn5C6NdauXdJRhSKRlJvmclQ1hhJgA0rcu/8w=
+github.com/cloudwego/iasm v0.2.0/go.mod h1:8rXZaNYT2n95jn+zTI1sDr+IgcD2GVs0nlbbQPiEFhY=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cnf/structhash v0.0.0-20201127153200-e1b16c1ebc08 h1:ox2F0PSMlrAAiAdknSRMDrAr8mfxPCfSZolH+/qQnyQ=
 github.com/cnf/structhash v0.0.0-20201127153200-e1b16c1ebc08/go.mod h1:pCxVEbcm3AMg7ejXyorUXi6HQCzOIBf7zEDVPtw0/U4=
@@ -434,6 +442,8 @@ github.com/gobwas/ws v1.2.1 h1:F2aeBZrm2NDsc7vbovKrWSogd4wvfAxg0FQ89/iqOTk=
 github.com/gobwas/ws v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hRKAFb8wOxFROYNsT1bqfWnhX+b5MFeJM9r2ZSwg/KY=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 h1:CrxCmQqYDkv1z7lO7Wbh2HN93uovUHgrECaO5ZrCXAU=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5 h1:Fq85nIqj+gXn/S5ahsiTlK3TmC85qgirsdTP/+DeaC4=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.3.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.1.0/go.mod h1:gf4bu3Q80BeJ6H1S1vYPm8/ELATdvryBaNFGgqEef3s=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
@@ -675,6 +685,7 @@ github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZY
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.5/go.mod h1:Ch1tH69qFZu15pkjo5kYi6mth2Zzwzt50oCQKQE9RUs=
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6 h1:8RXeL5crjEUFnR2/Sn6GJNWtSQ3Dk8pq4CL3jvdDyjU=
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6/go.mod h1:Ch1tH69qFZu15pkjo5kYi6mth2Zzwzt50oCQKQE9RUs=
+github.com/knz/go-libedit v1.10.1/go.mod h1:MZTVkCWyz0oBc7JOWP3wNAzd002ZbM/5hgShxwh4x8M=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.3/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
 github.com/kr/logfmt v0.0.0-20140226030751-b84e30acd515/go.mod h1:+0opPa2QZZtGFBFZlji/RkVcI2GknAs/DXo4wKdlNEc=
@@ -1677,6 +1688,7 @@ mellium.im/sasl v0.3.1 h1:wE0LW6g7U83vhvxjC1IY8DnXM+EU095yeo8XClvCdfo=
 mellium.im/sasl v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xm59PUYpZHhgQ9ZqoJ5QaCqzWMi8IeS49dhp6plPCzw=
 moul.io/http2curl v1.0.0 h1:6XwpyZOYsgZJrU8exnG87ncVkU1FVCcTRpwzOkTDUi8=
 moul.io/http2curl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:f6cULg+e4Md/oW1cYmwW4IWQOVl2lGbmCNGOHvzX2kE=
+nullprogram.com/x/optparse v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KdyPE+Igbe0jQUrVfMqDMeJQIJZEuyV7pjYmp6pbG50=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=

internal/httpapi/apiendpoint.go

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package httpapi
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/js/compiler"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 )
 
 type Concurrency struct {

internal/pdcp/writer.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/catalog/config"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/output"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go"
 	pdcpauth "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/auth/pdcp"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/env"

internal/runner/runner.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/installer"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/loader/parser"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/scan/events"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	uncoverlib "github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover"
 	pdcpauth "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/auth/pdcp"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/env"

pkg/authprovider/authx/dynamic.go

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package authx
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/protocols/common/replacer"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	errorutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errors"
 )
 

pkg/authprovider/authx/file.go

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package authx
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	errorutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errors"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/generic"
 	stringsutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/strings"

pkg/catalog/config/nucleiconfig.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package config
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/md5"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/env"
 	errorutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errors"
 	fileutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/file"

pkg/fuzz/execute.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package fuzz
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"regexp"
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/protocols/common/contextargs"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/protocols/common/expressions"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/protocols/common/generators"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go"
 	errorutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errors"
 	mapsutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/maps"

pkg/fuzz/type.go

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 package fuzz
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/invopop/jsonschema"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	mapsutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/maps"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 var (
-	_ json.Marshaler   = &SliceOrMapSlice{}
-	_ json.Unmarshaler = &SliceOrMapSlice{}
+	_ json.JSONCodec   = &SliceOrMapSlice{}
 	_ yaml.Marshaler   = &SliceOrMapSlice{}
 	_ yaml.Unmarshaler = &SliceOrMapSlice{}
 )

pkg/input/formats/json/json.go

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 package json
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/input/formats"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/input/types"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 )
 
 // JSONFormat is a JSON format parser for nuclei

pkg/input/formats/openapi/generator.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package openapi
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"mime/multipart"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/input/formats"
 	httpTypes "github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/input/types"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	errorutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errors"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/generic"
 	mapsutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/maps"

pkg/input/formats/swagger/swagger.go

@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 package swagger
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/openapi2"
+	"github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/openapi2conv"
 	"github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/openapi3"
+	"github.com/invopop/yaml"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/input/formats"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/input/formats/openapi"
-	"github.com/invopop/yaml"
-
-	"github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/openapi2conv"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 )
 
 // SwaggerFormat is a Swagger Schema File parser

pkg/input/types/http.go

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/sha256"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/textproto"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/useragent"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/conversion"
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	_ json.Marshaler   = &RequestResponse{}
-	_ json.Unmarshaler = &RequestResponse{}
+	_ json.JSONCodec = &RequestResponse{}
 )
 
 // RequestResponse is a struct containing request and response
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ func (rr *RequestResponse) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 
 // UnmarshalJSON unmarshals the request response from json
 func (rr *RequestResponse) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
-	var m map[string]json.RawMessage
+	var m map[string]json.Message
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &m); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

pkg/installer/versioncheck.go

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 package installer
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/catalog/config"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/json"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go"
 	updateutils "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/update"
 )