CVEs / CVE-2025-30154
CVE-2025-30154: reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 24 Mar 2025
- high 8.6 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs.
Description
reviewdog/action-setup is a GitHub action that installs reviewdog. reviewdog/action-setup@v1 was compromised March 11, 2025, between 18:42 and 20:31 UTC, with malicious code added that dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs. Other reviewdog actions that use `reviewdog/action-setup@v1` that would also be compromised, regardless of version or pinning method, are reviewdog/action-shellcheck, reviewdog/action-composite-template, reviewdog/action-staticcheck, reviewdog/action-ast-grep, and reviewdog/action-typos.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| reviewdog reviewdog | = 1 | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 24 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 14 Apr 2025 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.6 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-506 |
References
- CVE-2025-30154 on NVD
- CVE-2025-30154 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/18/supply-chain-compromise-third-party-tj-actionschanged-files-cve-2025-30066-and-reviewdogaction (cited by CISA)
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc (cited by CISA)
- CVE-2025-30154 on OSV
- https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d665ab713057375e39b887 Patch
- https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/f0d342d24037bb11d26b9bd8496e0808ba32e9ec Patch
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/issues/2079 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc Vendor Advisory
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/new-github-action-supply-chain-attack-reviewdog-action-setup Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-30154 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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