CVE-2025-30154: reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.
Generated by VEDAS. Scores as of 2026-11-01 19:19 UTC. Rebuilt every few hours from cve-scores, CISA KEV and vedas-signatures. How this works and its limits.
What it is
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.
Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by GitHub_M, published 2025-03-19).
Weakness: CWE-506: Embedded Malicious Code
How it can be exploited
Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing no privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: total.
- On CISA KEV since
- 2025-03-24
- US federal deadline
- 2025-04-14
- Ransomware use
- Not known
Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)
Also known as: BDU:2025-03223, CNNVD-202503-2099, EUVD-2025-6724, GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc
VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:CHECKEREDFLAG
Exploit Observer has no public exploit code that names this CVE or one of its aliases.
Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (8)
Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-30154
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2025-6724
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30154
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-30154
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-30154
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CNNVD-202503-2099
7 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.
VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.
Live scores
- EPSS
- 0.025
some chance of attack soon - VEDAS
- 0.971
strong exploit evidence - On CISA KEV
- Yes, since 2025-03-24
- Detection rule
- None yet
Thin horizontal line: the “likely” (EPSS 0.10) or “strong” (VEDAS 0.90) threshold. Shaded “no data” areas are periods when cve-scores did not publish.
Who is affected
| Product | Affected | Not affected |
|---|---|---|
| reviewdog reviewdog | version = 1 | Not stated |
Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.
Exploit Observer also maps it to: github_actions reviewdog/action-setup, reviewdog action-ast-grep, reviewdog action-composite-template, reviewdog action-setup, reviewdog action-shellcheck, reviewdog action-staticcheck, reviewdog action-typos.
How to fix it
CISA 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.
Vendor guidance:
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/18/supply-chain-compromise-third-party-tj-actionschanged-files-cve-2025-30066-and-reviewdogaction
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30154
How to detect it
There is no open VEDAS detection rule for this bug yet. It is listed on the detection gaps page if CISA has confirmed attacks.
Advisories on this CVE
- tj-actions/changed-files tag hijack (CVE-2025-30066) via reviewdog/action-setup (CVE-2025-30154) (15 Mar 2025)
References
Government sources
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-30154 (government-resource)
Other references
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/issues/2079 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d665ab713057375e39b887 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/f0d342d24037bb11d26b9bd8496e0808ba32e9ec (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/new-github-action-supply-chain-attack-reviewdog-action-setup (x_refsource_MISC)
Other databases
Where this comes from
This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, CISA KEV, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.