CVE-2025-30154

Published Mar 19, 2025

Last updated 2 months ago

GitHub Actions

Overview

AI description

Automated description summarized from trusted sources.

CVE-2025-30154 refers to a security vulnerability found in the reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action. This action, version v1, was compromised on March 11, 2025, between 18:42 and 20:31 UTC. During this period, malicious code was injected into the action that would dump exposed secrets directly into GitHub Actions Workflow Logs. The compromise affected other Reviewdog actions that utilized the compromised action-setup@v1, regardless of their version or pinning method. These actions include reviewdog/action-shellcheck, reviewdog/action-composite-template, reviewdog/action-staticcheck, reviewdog/action-ast-grep, and reviewdog/action-typos.

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.
Source: security-advisories@github.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 8.6
Impact score: 4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: HIGH

Known exploits

Data from CISA

Vulnerability name: reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
Exploit added on: Mar 24, 2025
Exploit action due: Apr 14, 2025
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.

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com: CWE-506
nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:reviewdog:action-ast-grep:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "803018C3-8A54-4257-8AA0-34C8A44C158B",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.26.2"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:reviewdog:action-composite-template:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0CA481E1-E3A5-4D2B-9F18-84F640CAB12E",
            "versionEndExcluding": "0.20.2"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:reviewdog:action-setup:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D5FB52BE-EC23-4D44-99C9-A87DA1C1146B"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:reviewdog:action-shellcheck:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B5BC0E9A-9A25-44F7-B93D-F8B37816EA90",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.29.2"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:reviewdog:action-staticcheck:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E197FFD7-ACAE-470F-8734-B49CD171C9B1",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.26.2"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:reviewdog:action-typos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B2894269-B4A0-4BA1-BEB9-493B5E4D409B",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.17.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.