CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-30154

8.6 HIGH Known exploited Published 2025-03-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability — reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action

reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs.

Added to KEV: 2025-03-24
Remediation due: 2025-04-14
Ransomware use: 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.
Notes: This vulnerability affects a common open-source project, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: CISA Mitigation Instructions: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/18/supply-chain-compromise-third-party-tj-actionschanged-files-cve-2025-30066-and-reviewdogaction ; Additional References: https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30154

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2025-03-19
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-506

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 configurations

• reviewdog action-ast-grep (< 1.26.2) • reviewdog action-composite-template (< 0.20.2) • reviewdog action-setup 1 • reviewdog action-shellcheck (< 1.29.2) • reviewdog action-staticcheck (< 1.26.2) • reviewdog action-typos (< 1.17.2)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code weakness

References