Vulnerability report

Exploitation attempts observed in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2025-30154

reviewdog

Reviewdog · = 1

Severity
CVSS 8.6 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploitation attempts observed in the wild
EPSS
2.5%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2025-30154 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting reviewdog. reviewdog/action-setup is a GitHub action that installs reviewdog. reviewdog/action-setup@v1 was compromised March 11, 2025, between 18:42 and...

Have exploitation attempts been observed?

Yes. Exploitation attempts have been reported for this vulnerability. Previdian lists it as a known exploited vulnerability. Listed in CISA KEV. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

reviewdog = 1.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

reviewdog/action-setup is a GitHub action that installs reviewdog

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.

reviewdog Affected
reviewdog
= 1
Published
19 Mar 2025
Exploitation Attempts Reported
24 Mar 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Evidence of exploitation attempts

Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.

Exploitation attempts observed in the wild

CISA

Recorded 24 Mar 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation attempts.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2025-03-24 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.6 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

2.5%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation attempts

  1. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. 15:15 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. 12:41 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

Pro API

Automate this intelligence

Confidence, exploit status, sensor telemetry, PoCs, scanner integrations, mentions, and tags are available programmatically for VM, SOC, and CTI workflows.

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GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2025-30154

Sample API response
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2025-30154",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.6,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.02485,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}