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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-30066

tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Published Mar 14, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 24, 2026 · changed-files GitHub Action

Patch now

CVE-2025-30066 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 8, 2025. Confirm changed-files GitHub Action against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.6
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
72.09%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe tj-actions/changed-files · vendor tj-actions changed-files GitHub Action

tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to discover secrets by reading Github Actions Workflow Logs. These secrets may include, but are not limited to, valid AWS access keys, GitHub personal access tokens (PATs), npm tokens, and private RSA keys.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe tj-actions/changed-filesversion unspecified
  • vendor tj-actions changed-files GitHub Actionversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-30066

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-30066 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 8, 2025. Confirm changed-files GitHub Action against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. 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.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-506. EPSS 72.09%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 14, 2025 · Catalog

    Detected

    tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to discover secrets by reading Github Actions Workflow Logs. These secrets may include, but are not limited to, valid AWS access keys, GitHub personal access tokens (PATs), npm tokens, and private RSA keys.

  2. Mar 18, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    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.

  3. Apr 8, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    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.

  4. Sep 24, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to discover secrets by reading Github Actions Workflow Logs. These secrets may include, but are not limited to, valid AWS access keys, GitHub personal access tokens (PATs), npm tokens, and private RSA keys.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-30066

    tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to discover secrets by reading Github Actions Workflow Logs. These secrets may include, but are not limited to, valid AWS access keys, GitHub personal access tokens (PATs), npm tokens, and private RSA keys.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-30066

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-30066

    30-day exploitation probability 72.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-30066

    tj-actions changed-files before 46 allows remote attackers to discover secrets by reading actions logs. (The tags v1 through v45.0.7 were affected on 2025-03-14 and 2025-03-15 because they were modified by a threat actor to point at commit 0e58ed8, which contained malicious updat

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-30066

    tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to discover secrets by reading Github Actions Workflow Logs. These secrets may include, but are not limited to, valid AWS access keys, GitHub personal access tok

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.