CVE-2025-30154

reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs.

What this means for your business

It affects reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
Attackers are already using it. CISA added it to its list of flaws used in real attacks on 24 March 2025.
FIRST's prediction model gives it a 2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 83% of all known flaws.

What to do

1Check whether your company or your suppliers run reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action.
2If you do, follow CISA's required action below. No patch reference has been published yet.
3Treat it as urgent. US federal agencies must fix it by 14 April 2025. That deadline does not apply to private companies, but it shows how seriously CISA takes it.
4Because attackers have used it, check the affected systems for signs of a break-in, not only for the update.

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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.

CISA’s wording, unedited.

Scoring

CVSS: Not yet scored

Dates

Published: 2025-03-24
Added to KEV: 2025-03-24
Remediation due: 2025-04-14
Sources: CISA KEV