diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c00dc72..caaf5e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Sealing to a low-order X25519 peer key raises `SealedChannelError`, consistent
+  with other invalid channel keys, instead of leaking a backend `ValueError`.
+  These keys were already refused; no ciphertext format or acceptance rule changes.
+
 ### Removed
 
 - The `opaque` attestation provider value. It had no collector and was never
diff --git a/src/ca2a_runtime/channel/sealed.py b/src/ca2a_runtime/channel/sealed.py
index bddae18..70c9b16 100644
--- a/src/ca2a_runtime/channel/sealed.py
+++ b/src/ca2a_runtime/channel/sealed.py
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ def seal(self, payload: bytes, *, aad: bytes = b"") -> bytes:
         eph_priv = X25519PrivateKey.generate()
         eph_pub = eph_priv.public_key().public_bytes_raw()
         peer_pub_raw = self._peer_pub.public_bytes_raw()
-        shared = eph_priv.exchange(self._peer_pub)
+        try:
+            shared = eph_priv.exchange(self._peer_pub)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise SealedChannelError("invalid peer public key", detail=str(exc)) from exc
         key = _derive_key(shared, eph_pub, peer_pub_raw)
         nonce = os.urandom(_NONCE_LEN)
         ct = ChaCha20Poly1305(key).encrypt(nonce, payload, aad)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_sealed_channel.py b/tests/unit/test_sealed_channel.py
index d7d18f3..401b019 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_sealed_channel.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_sealed_channel.py
@@ -58,3 +58,12 @@ def test_malformed_blob_rejected() -> None:
 def test_invalid_peer_key_rejected() -> None:
     with pytest.raises(SealedChannelError):
         SealedChannel("not-hex-zz")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("peer_key", ["00" * 32, "01" + "00" * 31, "ec" + "ff" * 30 + "7f"])
+def test_low_order_peer_key_has_channel_error(peer_key: str) -> None:
+    # These keys parse as X25519 keys but cannot produce a nonzero shared secret.
+    channel = SealedChannel(peer_key)
+    with pytest.raises(SealedChannelError, match="invalid peer public key") as caught:
+        channel.seal(b"secret", aad=b"session-A")
+    assert isinstance(caught.value.__cause__, ValueError)