CVE•Published 2026-05-27•Modified 2026-05-29•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-44590
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.3
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-27
Modified 2026-05-29
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-44590Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-44590Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-44590Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-44590GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-44590" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.