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Trigger CLI debug deployment logs expose resolved environment secret values

Moderate
carderne published GHSA-fj2x-mqqp-3v2w Jul 31, 2026

Package

npm trigger.dev (npm)

Affected versions

<=4.5.8

Patched versions

>=4.5.9

Description

Affected version: trigger.dev 4.5.3 (4.5.6 was advertised by the CLI but was not tested).

A staging dry-run executed with trigger.dev deploy --env staging --dry-run --log-level debug. The debug output logged the complete build-worker options object. Its envVars property contained unredacted values for every resolved staging variable, including database connection strings and service credentials. The non-debug environment listing correctly hides values, so users can reasonably expect deployment logs not to print secrets.

Impact: anyone with access to a developer terminal transcript, CI debug log, captured agent/tool output, or support bundle can recover deployment secrets even though no deployment occurs.

Reproduction:

  1. Configure a Trigger.dev project with a secret environment variable.
  2. Run the command above with an authenticated profile.
  3. Inspect the Starting buildWorker debug record.
  4. options.envVars contains the plaintext value.

No real credential is included in this report. The observed customer credentials are being rotated separately.

Suggested remediation: never serialize envVars values in debug output; log names only or replace every value with a fixed marker. Add regression coverage for deploy, dry-run, and debug logging, and review adjacent debug records for resolved secrets.

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

The product writes sensitive information to a log file. Learn more on MITRE.