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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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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-05-27T19:23:01.638Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-44590

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Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-44590

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