---
id: "CVE-2025-30154"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-30154"]
title: "reviewdog/action-setup is a GitHub action that installs reviewdog"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.6
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: [{"name": "reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "reviewdog action-ast-grep", "fixed": ["1.26.2"], "affected": "< 1.26.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "reviewdog action-composite-template", "fixed": ["0.20.2"], "affected": "< 0.20.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "reviewdog action-setup", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "reviewdog action-shellcheck", "fixed": ["1.29.2"], "affected": "< 1.29.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "reviewdog action-staticcheck", "fixed": ["1.26.2"], "affected": "< 1.26.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "reviewdog action-typos", "fixed": ["1.17.2"], "affected": "< 1.17.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["ci-cd", "exploited", "github-actions", "other", "reviewdog"]
not_affected_if: ["does-not-use-reviewdog-action-setup"]
published_at: "2025-03-19T16:15:33+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-30154", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30154", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"}]
---

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

The reviewdog/action-setup GitHub Action contains embedded malicious code that dumps secrets exposed to the workflow into GitHub Actions workflow logs. An attacker who can read those logs, or who gets a workflow to run this action, can obtain the secrets it printed.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:reviewdog action-setup GitHub Action affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:reviewdog action-ast-grep affected < 1.26.2 fixed 1.26.2
- vendor:reviewdog action-composite-template affected < 0.20.2 fixed 0.20.2
- vendor:reviewdog action-setup affected = 1 fixed ?
- vendor:reviewdog action-shellcheck affected < 1.29.2 fixed 1.29.2
- vendor:reviewdog action-staticcheck affected < 1.26.2 fixed 1.26.2
- vendor:reviewdog action-typos affected < 1.17.2 fixed 1.17.2

## How to check

Search workflow files for uses: reviewdog/action-setup and note the version pinned.

## Fix

Remove or replace reviewdog/action-setup in workflows, and rotate any secrets that were available to workflows running it.
Apply the vendor mitigations referenced by CISA; the sources do not name a fixed version.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-30154
- 2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30154

## From the sources

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.

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