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CVE-2025-30154: reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2025-03-24
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-03-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-506

Description

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.

Affected products

• reviewdog Action-Ast-Grep: before 1.26.2 — fixed in 1.26.2
• reviewdog Action-Composite-Template: before 0.20.2 — fixed in 0.20.2
• reviewdog Action-Setup: 1
• reviewdog Action-Shellcheck: before 1.29.2 — fixed in 1.29.2
• reviewdog Action-Staticcheck: before 1.26.2 — fixed in 1.26.2
• reviewdog Action-Typos: before 1.17.2 — fixed in 1.17.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: reviewdog Action-Ast-Grep 1.26.2; reviewdog Action-Composite-Template 0.20.2; reviewdog Action-Shellcheck 1.29.2; reviewdog Action-Staticcheck 1.26.2; reviewdog Action-Typos 1.17.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d665ab713057375e39b887
• https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/f0d342d24037bb11d26b9bd8496e0808ba32e9ec
• https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/issues/2079
• https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc
• https://www.wiz.io/blog/new-github-action-supply-chain-attack-reviewdog-action-setup
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-30154

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