Sherlock hunts down social media accounts by username across social networks. Prior to 0.16.1, the GitHub Actions workflow validate_modified_targets.yml is vulnerable to command injection via the pull_request_target trigger. Any GitHub user can execute arbitrary commands on the CI runner and exfiltrate the GITHUB_TOKEN by opening a pull request. No approval, review, or merge is required. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.16.1.

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Thu, 28 May 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 27 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description Sherlock hunts down social media accounts by username across social networks. Prior to 0.16.1, the GitHub Actions workflow validate_modified_targets.yml is vulnerable to command injection via the pull_request_target trigger. Any GitHub user can execute arbitrary commands on the CI runner and exfiltrate the GITHUB_TOKEN by opening a pull request. No approval, review, or merge is required. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.16.1.
Title Sherlock: Command Injection via pull_request_target in validate_modified_targets.yml
Weaknesses CWE-78
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T13:28:18.355Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T21:49:12.425Z

Link: CVE-2026-44590

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-28T13:28:14.791Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-27T20:16:37.293

Modified: 2026-05-28T14:16:20.337

Link: CVE-2026-44590

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Updated: 2026-05-27T22:15:25Z

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