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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.3 Critical

CVE-2026-44590

Sherlock: Command Injection via pull_request_target in validate_modified_targets.yml

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

sherlock-project sherlock

  • < 0.16.1affected

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