CVE-2026-44590

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.11 BB Relevance: 79/100
Published: 2026-05-27 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Integ. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Changed
C: Low
I: High
A: None

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

79 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.14%
Raw Score 0.011410
Percentile 66.6%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.01141
2026-10-28
0.01141

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →