CVE-2026-45091

Critical

Published: 12/05/2026(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

In enterprise mode of the sealed-env library for Node.js and Java/Spring Boot, 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. The JWS payload is base64-encoded JSON, but not encrypted.

Risk Assessment

Any party who could observe a minted token could decode the payload and extract the TOTP secret in plaintext, posing a serious security risk to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to version 0.1.0-alpha.4, where this vulnerability has been fixed.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.