Have exploitation attempts been observed for CVE-2025-30154?

Yes. Exploitation attempts have been reported for this vulnerability. Previdian lists CVE-2025-30154 as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

What exploitation activity has Previdian observed?

Previdian has not yet recorded sensor-observed exploitation attempts for CVE-2025-30154. Our sensors continue to monitor for activity targeting this CVE.

Which versions are affected?

CVE-2025-30154 affects reviewdog. Reported affected version: = 1.

Yes. CVE-2025-30154 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Vulnerability report

Exploitation attempts observed in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2025-30154

reviewdog

Reviewdog · = 1

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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.

Vendor Product Affected Status

reviewdog Affected

reviewdog

= 1

Affected

Published: 19 Mar 2025
Exploitation Attempts Reported: 24 Mar 2025
Attack vector: Remote
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: None

CVE References

CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30154
https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-hpqr-gqvc github.com · CVE Record https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qmg3-...
https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/issues/2079 github.com · CVE Record https://github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/issues/2079
https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d665ab713057375e39b887 github.com · CVE Record https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/3f401fe1d58fe77e10d6...
https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/f0d342d24037bb11d26b9bd8496e0808ba32e9ec github.com · CVE Record https://github.com/reviewdog/action-setup/commit/f0d342d24037bb11d26b...
https://www.wiz.io/blog/new-github-action-supply-chain-attack-reviewdog-action-setup wiz.io · CVE Record https://www.wiz.io/blog/new-github-action-supply-chain-attack-reviewd...

Exploitation evidence

Evidence of exploitation attempts

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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.

Weaknesses

Embedded Malicious Code CWE-506

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation attempts

24 Mar 2025
00:00 UTC

Added to CISA KEV

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
19 Mar 2025
15:15 UTC

CVE published

Vulnerability disclosed publicly
17 Mar 2025
12:41 UTC

CVE ID reserved

Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Evidence confidence and provenance
First-party sensor telemetry
PoC and scanner references
Affected versions and enrichment
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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 }
}