CVE-2026-45091

Critical

Description

sealed-env is a cross-stack, zero-trust secret management library for Node.js and Java/Spring Boot. In sealed-env enterprise mode, versions 0.1.0-alpha.1 through 0.1.0-alpha.3 embedded the operator's literal TOTP secret in the JWS payload of every minted unseal token. JWS payload is base64-encoded JSON, NOT encrypted. Any party who could observe a minted token (CI build logs, container env dumps, kubectl describe pod, Sentry/Rollbar stack traces, log aggregators) could decode the payload and extract the TOTP secret in plaintext. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.0-alpha.4.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.1
Exploit probability—
ProductSealed-env
PublishedMay 12, 2026
First seenMay 12, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • sealed-env0.1.0-alpha.4 or later
  • io.github.davidalmeidac:sealed-env-core0.1.0-alpha.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
sealed-envnpmv < 0.1.0-alpha.40.1.0-alpha.4
io.github.davidalmeidac:sealed-env-coreMavenv < 0.1.0-alpha.40.1.0-alpha.4

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