CVE-2026-45091

sealed-env: TOTP secret embedded in unseal token payload (enterprise mode)

Published May 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x3r2-fj3r-g5mv sealed-env: TOTP secret embedded in unseal token payload (enterprise mode)
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Davidalmeidac
Davidalmeidac sealed-env
Vendors & Products Davidalmeidac
Davidalmeidac sealed-env
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title sealed-env: TOTP secret embedded in unseal token payload (enterprise mode)
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-522
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 12, 2026, 2:39 PM
Reserved
May 8, 2026, 7:27 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 12, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM