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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-30154

reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Published Mar 19, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · action-setup GitHub Action

Patch now

CVE-2025-30154 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 14, 2025. Confirm action-setup 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
2.48%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe reviewdog/action-ast-grep · cpe reviewdog/action-composite-template · cpe reviewdog/action-setup · cpe reviewdog/action-shellcheck · cpe reviewdog/action-staticcheck · cpe reviewdog/action-typos

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 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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe reviewdog/action-ast-grepversion unspecified
  • cpe reviewdog/action-composite-templateversion unspecified
  • cpe reviewdog/action-setup1
  • cpe reviewdog/action-shellcheckversion unspecified
  • cpe reviewdog/action-staticcheckversion unspecified
  • cpe reviewdog/action-typosversion unspecified
  • vendor reviewdog action-setup GitHub Actionversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-30154

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-30154 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 14, 2025. Confirm action-setup GitHub Action against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 1. 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 2.48%. 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 19, 2025 · Catalog

    Detected

    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 that would also be compromised, regardless of version or pinning method, are reviewdog/action-shellcheck, reviewdog/action-comp

  2. Mar 24, 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 14, 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. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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 that would also be compromised, regardless of version or pinning method, are reviewdog/action-shellcheck, reviewdog/action-comp

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-30154

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

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-30154

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-30154

    30-day exploitation probability 2.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-30154

    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 `review

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-30154

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

    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.