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CVE-2025-30154 KEVPublic exploit High · 8.6 EPSS 2.5%
reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
reviewdog · action-setup GitHub Action
Summary
The reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action, which installs reviewdog, contained embedded malicious code in its reviewdog/action-setup@v1 release during a compromise window on March 11, 2025, and other reviewdog actions that call it, including action-shellcheck, action-composite-template, action-staticcheck, action-ast-grep, and action-typos, are affected regardless of version or pinning method. An attacker who can get a workflow to run the affected action, with no authentication or user interaction required, can cause exposed secrets to be dumped into GitHub Actions workflow logs.
Official description · NVD
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.
Priority scorePatchfirst’s 0 to 100 ranking. It adds points for CISA KEV listing, ransomware use, EPSS, threat reports, public exploit code and CVSS. Every CVE page shows the breakdown. Breakdown
65.9 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 2/15
How an attack unfolds
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First seen exploited 5 days after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2Initial AccessTA0001
Compromise Software Supply Chain T1195.002 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited
supply chain compromise of trusted action
reviewdog/action-setup@v1 was compromised March 11, 2025
Credential AccessTA0006
Credentials In Files T1552.001 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
AI mapping from the description · primary impact
malicious code harvests credentials from workflow logs
dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 41 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
0Sigma ruleAn open, vendor-neutral detection rule for log data. Security teams convert Sigma rules into searches for their own SIEM. that reference CVE-2025-30154 directly.CVE-specific rules are not available in this build. Search SigmaHQ ↗
General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Compromise Software Supply ChainT1195.00217 general rules
- Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - Linuxhighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - MacOShighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise File Creation Indicators - Windowshighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Linuxhighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - macOShighexperimental
- Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - Windowshighexperimental
- LiteLLM / TeamPCP Supply Chain Attack Indicatorshighexperimental
- Shai-Hulud 2.0 Malicious NPM Package Installationhighexperimental
Credentials In FilesT1552.00124 general rules
- Potential Russian APT Credential Theft Activitycriticalstable
- Copy Passwd Or Shadow From TMP Pathhightest
- Credentials In Fileshightest
- Credentials In Files - Linuxhightest
- HackTool - Typical HiveNightmare SAM File Exporthightest
- HackTool - WinPwn Executionhightest
- HackTool - WinPwn Execution - ScriptBlockhightest
- Linux Recon Indicatorshightest
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Am I affected? What do I upgrade to?
From GitHub Security Advisories and OSV1 package in 1 ecosystem. Main package: reviewdog/action-setup.
What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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