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CVE-2025-30154

Embedded Malicious Code: Is CVE-2025-30154 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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signals

public sources

Exploited in wild
Yes
CISA KEV · Mar 24, 2025
Public exploit
None known
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
8.6 High
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
2%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-506 · Embedded Malicious Code
CWE

Confirmed exploited in the wild. Patch this first, regardless of the base score.

cisa ssvc

CISA Vulnrichment · assessed

Exploitation
Active
in the wild
Automatable
Yes
at scale
Technical impact
Total
on success

CISA decision, by how critical the affected system is to you:

  • low impact → Attend
  • medium impact → Act
  • high impact → Act

Track: normal patch cycle · Track*: watch closely · Attend: patch sooner · Act: patch now. About SSVC ↗

affected packages

GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc · GitHub rates it high
  • GitHub Actionsreviewdog/action-setup
    Vulnerable
    1
    Fixed in
    no patched version listed

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), via OSV.dev. Check your lockfile version against the ranges above.

baseline read

auto · not a community verdict

Real — exploited in the wild

CISA confirms active exploitation. Treat scanner hits as true positives unless your specific version or config is unaffected.

Based on CISA KEV

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Affected:Reviewdog

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Published · Added to CISA KEV (5 days after publication)

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timeline

  1. CISA SSVC assessment · exploitation: active
  2. Added to VulnCheck KEV · reported exploited in the wild
  3. Added to CISA KEV · confirmed exploited in the wild
  4. Published by NVD

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Field notes & remediation

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  • 0
    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability — reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2025-03-24) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~2%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

  • 0
    Remediation · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    Required action for reviewdog action-setup GitHub 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 set a federal remediation due date of 2025-04-14. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

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Same weakness: CWE-506 · Embedded Malicious Code.