diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 807dba72261..054a62d2aec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Fix setuid root when running under cgroups v2. {pull}37794[37794]
 - Adjust State loader to only retry when response code status is 5xx {pull}37981[37981]
 - Reset prctl dumpable flag after cap drop. {pull}38269[38269]
+- Redact synthexec cmd output. {pull}39535[39535]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthcmd.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthcmd.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce6b8610a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthcmd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+//go:build linux || darwin || synthetics
+
+package synthexec
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Variant of exec.command with redacted params and playwright options,
+// which might contain sensitive information.
+type SynthCmd struct {
+	*exec.Cmd
+}
+
+func (cmd *SynthCmd) String() string {
+	b := new(strings.Builder)
+	b.WriteString(cmd.Path)
+	for i := 1; i < len(cmd.Args); i++ {
+		b.WriteString(" ")
+		a := cmd.Args[i]
+		switch a {
+		case "--params":
+			fallthrough
+		case "--playwright-options":
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s { REDACTED }", a))
+			i++
+		default:
+			b.WriteString(a)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// Formatter override redacting params
+func (cmd SynthCmd) Format(f fmt.State, verb rune) {
+
+	f.Write([]byte(cmd.String()))
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthcmd_test.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthcmd_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c805790413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthcmd_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+
+//go:build linux || synthetics
+
+package synthexec
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSynthCmdStringOutput(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		stringer func(cmd SynthCmd) string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "fmt.Sprintf",
+			stringer: func(cmd SynthCmd) string {
+				return fmt.Sprintf("%s", cmd)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "fmt.Println",
+			stringer: func(cmd SynthCmd) string {
+				r, w, err := os.Pipe()
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				fmt.Fprint(w, cmd)
+				w.Close()
+				defer r.Close()
+
+				o, err := io.ReadAll(r)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+				return string(o)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cmd.String()",
+			stringer: func(cmd SynthCmd) string {
+				return cmd.String()
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	redacted := []string{"secret", "mysecrettoken", "auth", "mysecretauth"}
+	cmd := SynthCmd{
+		exec.Command("/nil", "--params", "{'secret':'mysecrettoken'}", "--playwright-options", "{'auth':'mysecretauth'}"),
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := tt.stringer(cmd)
+			for _, r := range redacted {
+				assert.NotContains(t, s, r)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec.go
index 32f127de98c..3c0139557f5 100644
--- a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec.go
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type FilterJourneyConfig struct {
 // This is practically just used by synthexec_unix.go to add Sysprocattrs
 // It's still nice for devs to be able to test browser monitors on OSX
 // where these are unsupported
-var platformCmdMutate func(*exec.Cmd) = func(*exec.Cmd) {}
+var platformCmdMutate func(*SynthCmd) = func(*SynthCmd) {}
 
 var SynthexecTimeout struct{}
 
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ func ProjectJob(ctx context.Context, projectPath string, params mapstr.M, filter
 	return startCmdJob(ctx, cmdFactory, nil, params, filterJourneys, fields), nil
 }
 
-func projectCommandFactory(projectPath string, args ...string) (func() *exec.Cmd, error) {
+func projectCommandFactory(projectPath string, args ...string) (func() *SynthCmd, error) {
 	npmRoot, err := getNpmRoot(projectPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	newCmd := func() *exec.Cmd {
+	newCmd := func() *SynthCmd {
 		bin := filepath.Join(npmRoot, "node_modules/.bin/elastic-synthetics")
 		// Always put the project path first to prevent conflation with variadic args!
 		// See https://github.com/tj/commander.js/blob/master/docs/options-taking-varying-arguments.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func projectCommandFactory(projectPath string, args ...string) (func() *exec.Cmd
 		// to the end.
 		cmd := exec.Command(bin, append([]string{projectPath}, args...)...)
 		cmd.Dir = npmRoot
-		return cmd
+		return &SynthCmd{cmd}
 	}
 
 	return newCmd, nil
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ func projectCommandFactory(projectPath string, args ...string) (func() *exec.Cmd
 
 // InlineJourneyJob returns a job that runs the given source as a single journey.
 func InlineJourneyJob(ctx context.Context, script string, params mapstr.M, fields stdfields.StdMonitorFields, extraArgs ...string) jobs.Job {
-	newCmd := func() *exec.Cmd {
-		return exec.Command("elastic-synthetics", append(extraArgs, "--inline")...) //nolint:gosec // we are safely building a command here, users can add args at their own risk
+	newCmd := func() *SynthCmd {
+		return &SynthCmd{exec.Command("elastic-synthetics", append(extraArgs, "--inline")...)} //nolint:gosec // we are safely building a command here, users can add args at their own risk
 	}
 
 	return startCmdJob(ctx, newCmd, &script, params, FilterJourneyConfig{}, fields)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func InlineJourneyJob(ctx context.Context, script string, params mapstr.M, field
 // startCmdJob adapts commands into a heartbeat job. This is a little awkward given that the command's output is
 // available via a sequence of events in the multiplexer, while heartbeat jobs are tail recursive continuations.
 // Here, we adapt one to the other, where each recursive job pulls another item off the chan until none are left.
-func startCmdJob(ctx context.Context, newCmd func() *exec.Cmd, stdinStr *string, params mapstr.M, filterJourneys FilterJourneyConfig, sFields stdfields.StdMonitorFields) jobs.Job {
+func startCmdJob(ctx context.Context, newCmd func() *SynthCmd, stdinStr *string, params mapstr.M, filterJourneys FilterJourneyConfig, sFields stdfields.StdMonitorFields) jobs.Job {
 	return func(event *beat.Event) ([]jobs.Job, error) {
 		senr := newStreamEnricher(sFields)
 		mpx, err := runCmd(ctx, newCmd(), stdinStr, params, filterJourneys)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func readResultsJob(ctx context.Context, synthEvents <-chan *SynthEvent, enrich
 // the params var as a CLI argument.
 func runCmd(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	cmd *exec.Cmd,
+	cmd *SynthCmd,
 	stdinStr *string,
 	params mapstr.M,
 	filterJourneys FilterJourneyConfig,
@@ -151,12 +151,9 @@ func runCmd(
 		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--match", filterJourneys.Match)
 	}
 
-	// Variant of the command with no params, which could contain sensitive stuff
-	loggableCmd := exec.Command(cmd.Path, cmd.Args...) //nolint:gosec // we are safely building a command here...
 	if len(params) > 0 {
 		paramsBytes, _ := json.Marshal(params)
 		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--params", string(paramsBytes))
-		loggableCmd.Args = append(loggableCmd.Args, "--params", fmt.Sprintf("\"{%d hidden params}\"", len(params)))
 	}
 
 	// We need to pass both files in here otherwise we get a broken pipe, even
@@ -166,10 +163,10 @@ func runCmd(
 	// see the docs for ExtraFiles in https://golang.org/pkg/os/exec/#Cmd
 	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--outfd", "3")
 
-	logp.Info("Running command: %s in directory: '%s'", loggableCmd.String(), cmd.Dir)
+	logp.L().Info("Running command: %s in directory: '%s'", cmd, cmd.Dir)
 
 	if stdinStr != nil {
-		logp.Debug(debugSelector, "Using stdin str %s", *stdinStr)
+		logp.L().Debug(debugSelector, "Using stdin str %s", *stdinStr)
 		cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(*stdinStr)
 	}
 
@@ -184,7 +181,7 @@ func runCmd(
 	go func() {
 		err := scanToSynthEvents(stdoutPipe, stdoutToSynthEvent, mpx.writeSynthEvent)
 		if err != nil {
-			logp.Warn("could not scan stdout events from synthetics: %s", err)
+			logp.L().Warn("could not scan stdout events from synthetics: %s", err)
 		}
 
 		wg.Done()
@@ -198,7 +195,7 @@ func runCmd(
 	go func() {
 		err := scanToSynthEvents(stderrPipe, stderrToSynthEvent, mpx.writeSynthEvent)
 		if err != nil {
-			logp.Warn("could not scan stderr events from synthetics: %s", err)
+			logp.L().Warn("could not scan stderr events from synthetics: %s", err)
 		}
 		wg.Done()
 	}()
@@ -247,7 +244,7 @@ func runCmd(
 
 	err = <-cmdStarted
 	if err != nil {
-		logp.Warn("Could not start command %s: %s", cmd, err)
+		logp.L().Warn("Could not start command %s: %s", cmd, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -264,7 +261,7 @@ func runCmd(
 
 		err := cmd.Process.Kill()
 		if err != nil {
-			logp.Warn("could not kill synthetics process: %s", err)
+			logp.L().Warn("could not kill synthetics process: %s", err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -272,19 +269,19 @@ func runCmd(
 	go func() {
 		err := <-cmdDone
 		_ = jsonWriter.Close()
-		logp.Info("Command has completed(%d): %s", cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode(), loggableCmd.String())
+		logp.L().Info("Command has completed(%d): %s", cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode(), cmd)
 
 		var cmdError *SynthError = nil
 		if err != nil {
 			// err could be generic or it could have been killed by context timeout, log and check context
 			// to decide which error to stream
-			logp.Warn("Error executing command '%s' (%d): %s", loggableCmd.String(), cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode(), err)
+			logp.L().Warn("Error executing command '%s' (%d): %s", cmd, cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode(), err)
 
 			if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
 				timeout, _ := ctx.Value(SynthexecTimeout).(time.Duration)
-				cmdError = ECSErrToSynthError(ecserr.NewCmdTimeoutStatusErr(timeout, loggableCmd.String()))
+				cmdError = ECSErrToSynthError(ecserr.NewCmdTimeoutStatusErr(timeout, cmd.String()))
 			} else {
-				cmdError = ECSErrToSynthError(ecserr.NewBadCmdStatusErr(cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode(), loggableCmd.String()))
+				cmdError = ECSErrToSynthError(ecserr.NewBadCmdStatusErr(cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode(), cmd.String()))
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -315,7 +312,7 @@ func scanToSynthEvents(rdr io.ReadCloser, transform func(bytes []byte, text stri
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		se, err := transform(scanner.Bytes(), scanner.Text())
 		if err != nil {
-			logp.Warn("error parsing line: %s for line: %s", err, scanner.Text())
+			logp.L().Warn("error parsing line: %s for line: %s", err, scanner.Text())
 			continue
 		}
 		if se != nil {
@@ -324,7 +321,7 @@ func scanToSynthEvents(rdr io.ReadCloser, transform func(bytes []byte, text stri
 	}
 
 	if scanner.Err() != nil {
-		logp.Warn("error scanning synthetics runner results %s", scanner.Err())
+		logp.L().Warn("error scanning synthetics runner results %s", scanner.Err())
 		return scanner.Err()
 	}
 
@@ -337,7 +334,7 @@ var stderrToSynthEvent = lineToSynthEventFactory(Stderr)
 // lineToSynthEventFactory is a factory that can take a line from the scanner and transform it into a *SynthEvent.
 func lineToSynthEventFactory(typ string) func(bytes []byte, text string) (res *SynthEvent, err error) {
 	return func(bytes []byte, text string) (res *SynthEvent, err error) {
-		logp.Info("%s: %s", typ, text)
+		logp.L().Info("%s: %s", typ, text)
 		return &SynthEvent{
 			Type:                 typ,
 			TimestampEpochMicros: float64(time.Now().UnixMicro()),
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec_linux.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec_linux.go
index c90f6083a0d..266b78ea611 100644
--- a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec_linux.go
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec_linux.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package synthexec
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	platformCmdMutate = func(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	platformCmdMutate = func(cmd *SynthCmd) {
 		logp.L().Warn("invoking node as:", security.NodeChildProcCred, " from: ", os.Getenv("HOME"))
 		// Note that while cmd.SysProcAtr takes a syscall.SysProcAttr object
 		// we are passing in a unix.SysProcAttr object
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec_test.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec_test.go
index 762b12358a7..b4b472caf17 100644
--- a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthexec_test.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func runAndCollect(t *testing.T, cmd *exec.Cmd, stdinStr string, cmdTimeout time
 	cmd.Dir = filepath.Join(cwd, "testcmd")
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.TODO(), SynthexecTimeout, cmdTimeout)
 
-	mpx, err := runCmd(ctx, cmd, &stdinStr, nil, FilterJourneyConfig{})
+	mpx, err := runCmd(ctx, &SynthCmd{cmd}, &stdinStr, nil, FilterJourneyConfig{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	var synthEvents []*SynthEvent