reviewdog · action-setup GitHub Action
CVE-2025-30154
Multiple Reviewdog actions were compromised during a specific time period
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.
CISA: reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs.
What to do
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.
Deadline for US federal agencies: April 14, 2025
- Added to the CISA list
- March 24, 2025
- Published
- March 19, 2025
- Severity
- High 8.6 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 2.5% in the top 15.5% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-506
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (5)
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc
- https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/issues/2079
- https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d665ab713057375e39b887
- https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/f0d342d24037bb11d26b9bd8496e0808ba32e9ec
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/new-github-action-supply-chain-attack-reviewdog-action-setup
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.