What is CVE-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 `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.
The record classifies CVE-2025-30154 under weakness classes CWE-506, NVD-CWE-Other. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality. 6 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 590 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 8.6 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.8% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 2025-03-24, federal remediation deadline 2025-04-14
- Threadlinqs priority
- 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
- Published
- 2025-03-19, last modified 2026-02-26
Is CVE-2025-30154 being exploited?
CISA added CVE-2025-30154 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-03-24, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2025-04-14 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2025-30154 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 44 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
- trickest/cve (trickest)
Affected products and versions
- Reviewdog: Action-ast-grep, Action-composite-template, Action-setup 1, Action-shellcheck, Action-staticcheck, Action-typos
Affected software packages:
actions:reviewdog/action-setup
How to fix CVE-2025-30154
The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2025-30154. Patch reference: https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d665ab713057375e39b887. Vendor advisory: https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d665ab713057375e39b887. Because CVE-2025-30154 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2025-04-14. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-30154
2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2025-30154, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.