CVE-2025-30154
Multiple Reviewdog actions were compromised during a specific time period
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability.
- Added
- 24 Mar 2025
- Fix due (US federal)
- 14 Apr 2025
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- GitHub Actionsreviewdog/action-setupGHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/issues/2079 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d665ab713057375e39b887 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/f0d342d24037bb11d26b9bd8496e0808ba32e9ec (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/new-github-action-supply-chain-attack-reviewdog-action-setup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-30154 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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