diff --git a/e2e/esbuild/src/esbuild.test.ts b/e2e/esbuild/src/esbuild.test.ts
index 5ed6b47f3e7401..e0a4f6abc3afd6 100644
--- a/e2e/esbuild/src/esbuild.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/esbuild/src/esbuild.test.ts
@@ -230,4 +230,32 @@ describe('EsBuild Plugin', () => {
     const output = runCLI(`build ${myPkg}`);
     expect(output).toContain('custom config loaded');
   }, 120_000);
+
+  it('should bundle in non-sensitive NX_ environment variables', () => {
+    const myPkg = uniq('my-pkg');
+    runCLI(`generate @nx/js:lib ${myPkg} --bundler=esbuild`, {});
+
+    updateFile(
+      `libs/${myPkg}/src/index.ts`,
+      `
+      console.log(process.env['NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY']);
+      console.log(process.env['NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN']);
+      console.log(process.env['NX_PUBLIC_TEST']);
+      `
+    );
+
+    runCLI(`build ${myPkg} --platform=browser`, {
+      env: {
+        NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY: 'secret',
+        NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN: 'secret',
+        NX_PUBLIC_TEST: 'foobar',
+      },
+    });
+
+    const output = runCommand(`node dist/libs/${myPkg}/index.cjs`, {
+      failOnError: true,
+    });
+    expect(output).not.toMatch(/secret/);
+    expect(output).toMatch(/foobar/);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/storybook/src/storybook.test.ts b/e2e/storybook/src/storybook.test.ts
index 0e34fb9803185e..bc0b91a16cba81 100644
--- a/e2e/storybook/src/storybook.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/storybook/src/storybook.test.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ import {
   checkFilesExist,
   cleanupProject,
   killPorts,
+  listFiles,
   newProject,
+  readFile,
   runCLI,
   runCommandUntil,
   tmpProjPath,
   uniq,
+  updateFile,
 } from '@nx/e2e/utils';
 import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { createFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
@@ -106,5 +109,37 @@ describe('Storybook generators and executors for monorepos', () => {
       runCLI(`run ${reactStorybookApp}:build-storybook --verbose`);
       checkFilesExist(`${reactStorybookApp}/storybook-static/index.html`);
     }, 300_000);
+
+    it('should bundle in non-sensitive NX_ environment variables', () => {
+      updateFile(
+        `${reactStorybookApp}/.storybook/main.ts`,
+        (content) => `
+      ${content}
+      console.log(process.env);
+      `
+      );
+      runCLI(`run ${reactStorybookApp}:build-storybook --verbose`, {
+        env: {
+          NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY: 'secret',
+          NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN: 'secret',
+          NX_PUBLIC_TEST: 'foobar',
+        },
+      });
+
+      // Check all output chunks for bundled environment variables
+      const outDir = `${reactStorybookApp}/storybook-static`;
+      const files = listFiles(outDir);
+      let nxPublicKeyFound = false;
+      for (const file of files) {
+        if (!file.endsWith('.js')) continue;
+        const content = readFile(`${outDir}/${file}`);
+        expect(content).not.toMatch(/NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY/);
+        expect(content).not.toMatch(/NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN/);
+        if (content.match(/NX_PUBLIC_TEST/)) {
+          nxPublicKeyFound = true;
+        }
+      }
+      expect(nxPublicKeyFound).toBe(true);
+    }, 300_000);
   });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/webpack/src/webpack.test.ts b/e2e/webpack/src/webpack.test.ts
index 9837e29e1efa15..e538e6d31c1cb8 100644
--- a/e2e/webpack/src/webpack.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/webpack/src/webpack.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import {
-  checkFilesExist,
   cleanupProject,
+  listFiles,
   newProject,
+  readFile,
   rmDist,
   runCLI,
   runCommand,
@@ -159,4 +160,32 @@ describe('Webpack Plugin', () => {
     let output = runCommand(`node dist/${appName}/main.js`);
     expect(output).toMatch(/Hello/);
   }, 500_000);
+
+  it('should bundle in non-sensitive NX_ environment variables', () => {
+    const appName = uniq('app');
+    runCLI(`generate @nx/web:app ${appName} --bundler webpack`);
+    updateFile(
+      `apps/${appName}/src/main.ts`,
+      `
+      console.log(process.env['NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY']);
+      console.log(process.env['NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN']);
+      console.log(process.env['NX_PUBLIC_TEST']);
+      `
+    );
+
+    runCLI(`build ${appName}`, {
+      env: {
+        NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY: 'secret',
+        NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN: 'secret',
+        NX_PUBLIC_TEST: 'foobar',
+      },
+    });
+
+    const mainFile = listFiles(`dist/apps/${appName}`).filter((f) =>
+      f.startsWith('main.')
+    );
+    const content = readFile(`dist/apps/${appName}/${mainFile}`);
+    expect(content).not.toMatch(/secret/);
+    expect(content).toMatch(/foobar/);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/esbuild/src/utils/environment-variables.ts b/packages/esbuild/src/utils/environment-variables.ts
index 62ecdad9b5381c..e901291198e17c 100644
--- a/packages/esbuild/src/utils/environment-variables.ts
+++ b/packages/esbuild/src/utils/environment-variables.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+// Prevent sensitive keys from being bundled when source code uses entire `process.env` object rather than individual keys (e.g. `process.env.NX_FOO`).
+// TODO(v19): Only env vars prefixed with NX_PUBLIC should be bundled. This is a breaking change so we won't do it in v18.
+const excludedKeys = ['NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY'];
+
 export function getClientEnvironment(): Record<string, string> {
   const NX_APP = /^NX_/i;
 
   return Object.keys(process.env)
-    .filter((key) => NX_APP.test(key) || key === 'NODE_ENV')
+    .filter(
+      (key) =>
+        !excludedKeys.includes(key) && (NX_APP.test(key) || key === 'NODE_ENV')
+    )
     .reduce((env, key) => {
       env[`process.env.${key}`] = JSON.stringify(process.env[key]);
       return env;
diff --git a/packages/next/plugins/with-nx.ts b/packages/next/plugins/with-nx.ts
index 5d4d3a4aa3bed5..3d9a7e5cde8be3 100644
--- a/packages/next/plugins/with-nx.ts
+++ b/packages/next/plugins/with-nx.ts
@@ -360,9 +360,13 @@ export function getNextConfig(
   };
 }
 
+// Prevent sensitive keys from being bundled when source code uses entire `process.env` object rather than individual keys (e.g. `process.env.NX_FOO`).
+// TODO(v19): BREAKING: Only support NEXT_PUBLIC_ env vars and ignore NX_ vars since this is a standard Next.js feature.
+const excludedKeys = ['NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY'];
+
 function getNxEnvironmentVariables() {
   return Object.keys(process.env)
-    .filter((env) => /^NX_/i.test(env))
+    .filter((env) => !excludedKeys.includes(env) && /^NX_/i.test(env))
     .reduce((env, key) => {
       env[key] = process.env[key];
       return env;
diff --git a/packages/react/plugins/storybook/index.ts b/packages/react/plugins/storybook/index.ts
index 1835e812b3e4c8..f8f57a99104e36 100644
--- a/packages/react/plugins/storybook/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/plugins/storybook/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import { mergePlugins } from './merge-plugins';
 import { withReact } from '../with-react';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 
+// Prevent sensitive keys from being bundled when source code uses entire `process.env` object rather than individual keys (e.g. `process.env.NX_FOO`).
+// TODO(v19): BREAKING: Only env vars prefixed with NX_PUBLIC should be bundled. This is a breaking change so we won't do it in v18.
+const excludedKeys = ['NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY'];
+
 // This is shamelessly taken from CRA and modified for NX use
 // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/4784997f0682e75eb32a897b4ffe34d735912e6c/packages/react-scripts/config/env.js#L71
 function getClientEnvironment(mode) {
@@ -27,7 +31,11 @@ function getClientEnvironment(mode) {
   const STORYBOOK_PREFIX = /^STORYBOOK_/i;
 
   const raw = Object.keys(process.env)
-    .filter((key) => NX_PREFIX.test(key) || STORYBOOK_PREFIX.test(key))
+    .filter(
+      (key) =>
+        !excludedKeys.includes(key) &&
+        (NX_PREFIX.test(key) || STORYBOOK_PREFIX.test(key))
+    )
     .reduce(
       (env, key) => {
         env[key] = process.env[key];
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/get-client-environment.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/get-client-environment.ts
index 174a22a04b8736..db5f3e6694efcc 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/get-client-environment.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/get-client-environment.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+// Prevent sensitive keys from being bundled when source code uses entire `process.env` object rather than individual keys (e.g. `process.env.NX_FOO`).
+// TODO(v19): Only env vars prefixed with NX_PUBLIC should be bundled. This is a breaking change so we won't do it in v18.
+const excludedKeys = ['NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY'];
+
 export function getClientEnvironment(mode?: string) {
   // Grab NODE_ENV and NX_* environment variables and prepare them to be
   // injected into the application via DefinePlugin in webpack configuration.
   const NX_APP = /^NX_/i;
 
   const raw = Object.keys(process.env)
-    .filter((key) => NX_APP.test(key))
+    .filter((key) => !excludedKeys.includes(key) && NX_APP.test(key))
     .reduce(
       (env, key) => {
         env[key] = process.env[key];
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/interpolate-env-variables-to-index.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/interpolate-env-variables-to-index.ts
index f942098020478d..2db35b8615766c 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/interpolate-env-variables-to-index.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/interpolate-env-variables-to-index.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ export function interpolateEnvironmentVariablesToIndex(
 
 const NX_PREFIX = /^NX_/i;
 
+// Prevent sensitive keys from being bundled when source code uses entire `process.env` object rather than individual keys (e.g. `process.env.NX_FOO`).
+// TODO(v19): Only env vars prefixed with NX_PUBLIC should be bundled. This is a breaking change so we won't do it in v18.
+const excludedKeys = ['NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'NX_CLOUD_ENCRYPTION_KEY'];
+
 function isNxEnvironmentKey(x: string): boolean {
-  return NX_PREFIX.test(x);
+  return !excludedKeys.includes(x) && NX_PREFIX.test(x);
 }
 
 function getClientEnvironment(deployUrl: string) {