CVE-2025-30154
CVE-2025-30154 is a security flaw in reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action. A tampered release of reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action was published with malicious code built in. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 24 Mar 2025.[1]
reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action is business software or equipment. Most families won’t have it, but attackers break into it to get inside companies, and from there to what those companies hold about their customers, patients and staff. reviewdog has published a fix or advice.
Description
CISA calls it a reviewdog/action-setup gitHub action embedded malicious code in reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action. In its words: “reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs.”[1]
The CVE record adds: “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.”[2]
The underlying weakness is CWE-506, in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.
It scores 8.6 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it high, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record doesn’t list version ranges for it; reviewdog’s advisory has them[3]. CISA names the product as reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action.
Most families won’t have reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action; it’s for whoever looks after IT at work.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 24 Mar 2025, 5 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 14 Apr 2025 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 2%. That’s in the top 16% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as automatable: attackers can run it against many targets at once.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
reviewdog has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below.”[1]
- Check whether you use it.reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action is business software or equipment, so most families won’t have it. If you run a business, or work from home on company equipment, ask whoever looks after your IT.
- Send this page to your IT person.Ask them to confirm it’s fixed, or not in use. CISA gave US government agencies until 14 Apr 2025 to fix it.
- If it can’t be fixed, take it offline.CISA’s advice when there’s no fix is to stop using the product, or take it off the internet, until there is one.
You can’t fix someone else’s server, but you can watch for what follows a break-in like this: a breach notice, a password reset you didn’t ask for, or a scam message that knows things it shouldn’t. HARD watches for those for you and your family.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 8.6.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 2%.[4] |
See also
Similar flaws
- CVE-2026-8398, Daemon Tools Lite: tools lite embedded malicious code ·
- CVE-2026-48027, Nx Console: console embedded malicious code ·
- CVE-2026-45321, TanStack: unspecified ·
- CVE-2026-33634, Aquasecurity Trivy: embedded malicious code ·
- CVE-2025-54313, Prettier eslint-config-prettier: embedded malicious code ·
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 24 Mar 2025.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2025-30154 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 19 Mar 2025.
- ^ reviewdog. Advisories and fixes: github.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.025, percentile 84.6, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2025-30154”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.