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