CVE-2026-44590: 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…

PriorityP266critical9.3CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSCCLIHAN

EPSS

1.14%

62.6th percentile

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

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
sherlock-project	sherlock	< 0.16.1	0.16.1

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