SB2025032501 - Backdoor in reviewdog
Published: March 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025032501
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Embedded malicious code (backdoor) (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-30154)
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
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- 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