Embedded malicious code (backdoor) in reviewdog - CVE-2025-30154
Published: March 25, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105991
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-30154
CWE-ID: CWE-506
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: reviewdog
Affected software:
reviewdog
reviewdog
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application.
The reviewdog/action-setup@v1 repository was compromised on March 11, 2025, between 18:42 and 20:31 UTC, with malicious code added to it. Purpose of the malicious code was to dumps exposed secrets to Github Actions Workflow Logs.
Other reviewdog actions that use reviewdog/action-setup@v1 would also be compromised, regardless of version or pinning method:
- reviewdog/action-shellcheck
- reviewdog/action-composite-template
- reviewdog/action-staticcheck
- reviewdog/action-ast-grep
- reviewdog/action-typos
How to mitigate CVE-2025-30154
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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