Potential leakage of Sentry auth tokens by React Native SDK with Expo plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
### Impact SDK versions between and including 5.16.0 and 5.19.0 allowed Sentry auth tokens to be set in the optional authToken configuration parameter, for debugging purposes. Doing so would result in the auth token being built into the application bundle, and therefore the auth token could be potentially exposed in case the application bundle is subsequently published. You may ignore this notification if you are not using `authToken` configuration parameter in your React Native SDK configuration or did not publish apps using this way of configuring the `authToken`. If you had set the `authToken` in the plugin config previously, and built and published an app with that config, you should [rotate your token](https://docs.sentry.io/product/accounts/auth-tokens/). ### Patches The behavior that allowed setting an `authToken` parameter was fixed in SDK version 5.19.1 where, if this parameter was set, you will see a warning and the `authToken` would be removed before bundling the application. ### Workarounds 1. Remove `authToken` from the plugin configuration. 2. If you had set the `authToken` in the plugin config previously, and built and published an app with that config, you should [rotate your token](https://docs.sentry.io/product/accounts/auth-tokens/). ### References * [sentry-react-native 5.19.1 release notes](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/releases/tag/5.19.1) * https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-docs/pull/9244
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | @sentry/react-native (npm) | 5.16.0 to before 5.19.1 | 5.19.1 | Patch available | GHSA-68c2-4mpx-qh95 |
- @sentry/react-native (npm) Vendor— Affected 5.16.0 to before 5.19.1 Fixed in 5.19.1 Patch available GHSA-68c2-4mpx-qh95
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-68c2-4mpx-qh95 @sentry/react-native (npm) Fixed in 5.19.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-68c2-4mpx-qh95
References
Other 4
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/security/advisories/GHSA-68c2-4mpx-qh95
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/commit/9148964a50d2ea1de830854c95f3649f6cb94b1b
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/releases/tag/5.19.1
Sources
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