diff --git a/companion/src/wire.ts b/companion/src/wire.ts
index 95f8b30..6ba4840 100644
--- a/companion/src/wire.ts
+++ b/companion/src/wire.ts
@@ -136,13 +136,21 @@ function scrubEvent(event: string): string {
       if (!line.startsWith("data:")) return line;
       const raw = line.slice(5).trimStart();
       if (!raw) return line;
+      let parsed;
       try {
-        return `data: ${JSON.stringify(scrub(JSON.parse(raw)))}`;
+        parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
       } catch {
-        // not JSON: pass it through rather than dropping it. A frame this
-        // code does not understand is still the harness's to send.
         return line;
       }
+      try {
+        return `data: ${JSON.stringify(scrub(parsed))}`;
+      } catch {
+        // scrub() recurses, so a body nested deep enough throws RangeError
+        // where JSON.parse handles it fine. Passing the original line through
+        // sends exactly what the scrubber exists to withhold — the same class
+        // of issue the proxy's JSON response path already handles.
+        return "data: {}";
+      }
     })
     .join(eol);
 }
diff --git a/companion/test/wire.test.ts b/companion/test/wire.test.ts
index c3af6c0..1db197d 100644
--- a/companion/test/wire.test.ts
+++ b/companion/test/wire.test.ts
@@ -166,4 +166,17 @@ describe("createSseScrubber", () => {
   it("still handles a bare CR, which the spec also allows", () => {
     expect(createSseScrubber()('data: {"a":1,"resumeCursors":{}}\r\r')).toBe('data: {"a":1}\r\r');
   });
+
+  it("replaces unscrubable JSON data instead of leaking withheld keys", () => {
+    // scrub() recurses; a body nested a few thousand deep throws RangeError
+    // where JSON.parse handles it fine. A single try-catch around both treated
+    // that as "not JSON" and returned the original unscrubbed line — sending
+    // exactly what the scrubber exists to withhold.
+    let json = '{"resumeCursors":{"ghost":"leak-me"}}';
+    for (let i = 0; i < 12_000; i++) json = `{"n":${json}}`;
+    const out = createSseScrubber()(`data: ${json}\n\n`);
+    expect(out).not.toContain("resumeCursors");
+    expect(out).not.toContain("leak-me");
+    expect(out).toBe("data: {}\n\n");
+  });
 });