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bug: Fetching of WHOIS information not working #1543

@rm1984

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@rm1984

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Current Behavior

Hey there,
When trying to fetch the whois information for an apex domain ("redacted.com", but I tried with a real one), it fails:

celery-1       | query_whois                          | INFO | Whois info not found in db
celery-1       | query_whois                          | INFO | Querying WHOIS information for redacted.com from WHOIS server...
celery-1       | tasks.fetch_related_tlds_and_domains | INFO | Fetching related TLDs and domains for redacted.com
celery-1       | run_command                          | INFO | tlsx -san -cn -silent -ro -host redacted.com
celery-1       | run_command                          | WARNING | None
celery-1       | tasks.fetch_whois_data_using_netlas  | INFO | Fetching WHOIS data for redacted.com using Netlas...
celery-1       | run_command                          | INFO | netlas host redacted.com -f json -a None
celery-1       | run_command                          | WARNING | None
celery-1       | query_whois                          | INFO | Task historical_ips finished for target redacted.com
celery-1       | query_whois                          | INFO | Task reverse_whois finished for target redacted.com
celery-1       | query_whois                          | INFO | Task whois_data finished for target redacted.com
celery-1       | tasks.fetch_related_tlds_and_domains | INFO | Found 0 related TLDs and 0 related domains for redacted.com
celery-1       | query_whois                          | INFO | Task related_tlds_and_domains finished for target redacted.com
celery-1       | query_whois                          | INFO | All concurrent whosi lookup tasks finished for target redacted.com

Indeed the "Domain Info", "Whois", etc... fields in the "Target Information" widget for the target are all empty.

Expected Behavior

Correcly fetch and parse all WHOIS information for the given target.

Steps To Reproduce

Simply add a new target and try to fetch WHOIS information.

Environment

- reNgine: 2.2.0
- OS: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling 2026.1
- Python: the one provided in the containers
- Docker Engine: 27.5.1+dfsg4-2
- Docker Compose: 2.32.4-3
- Browser: Mozilla Firefox 148.0.2

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