CVE-2025-30066

tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

  • High 8.6
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 18 Mar 2025

Description

tj-actions changed-files before 46 allows remote attackers to discover secrets by reading actions logs. (The tags v1 through v45.0.7 were affected on 2025-03-14 and 2025-03-15 because they were modified by a threat actor to point at commit 0e58ed8, which contained malicious updateFeatures code.)

Key facts

Published
15 Mar 2025
Last changed
26 Feb 2026
Assigned by
mitre
KEV added
18 Mar 2025
KEV fix due
8 Apr 2025
EPSS
72.092% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.44% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: partial

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 8.6CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (mitre)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

What to do

  • Apply mitigations as set forth in the CISA instructions linked below. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
tj-actionschanged-files
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 1 up to but excluding 46 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 15 Mar 2025 Published
  2. 18 Mar 2025 CVE-2025-30066 added to CISA KEV
  3. 18 Mar 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References