CVE-2026-44590

critical · 9.3

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.

9.3

CVSS

1.1%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

65th

EPSS percentile

2026-05-27

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-78

References

https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/security/advisories/GHSA-v6wr-ccr4-x8g9
https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/security/advisories/GHSA-v6wr-ccr4-x8g9

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-44590