diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/local-variables-disabled.js b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/local-variables-disabled.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9695c1a4aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/local-variables-disabled.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
+const Sentry = require('@sentry/node');
+const { loggingTransport } = require('@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests');
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  includeLocalVariables: true,
+  dataCollection: { stackFrameVariables: false },
+  transport: loggingTransport,
+});
+
+process.on('uncaughtException', () => {
+  // do nothing - this will prevent the Error below from closing this process
+});
+
+function one(name) {
+  const keepVar = 'keep me';
+
+  throw new Error('Enough!');
+}
+
+setTimeout(() => {
+  one('some name');
+}, 1000);
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/local-variables-filtered.js b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/local-variables-filtered.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48e6e36b83a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/local-variables-filtered.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
+const Sentry = require('@sentry/node');
+const { loggingTransport } = require('@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests');
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  includeLocalVariables: true,
+  dataCollection: { stackFrameVariables: { deny: ['secretVar'] } },
+  transport: loggingTransport,
+});
+
+process.on('uncaughtException', () => {
+  // do nothing - this will prevent the Error below from closing this process
+});
+
+function one(name) {
+  const keepVar = 'keep me';
+  const secretVar = 'filter me';
+
+  throw new Error('Enough!');
+}
+
+setTimeout(() => {
+  one('some name');
+}, 1000);
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/test.ts
index 6c042d3ecf1f..b0802b96f263 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/LocalVariables/test.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,36 @@ module.exports = { out_of_app_function };`,
       .completed();
   });
 
+  test('Filters local variables by name via dataCollection.stackFrameVariables', async () => {
+    await createRunner(__dirname, 'local-variables-filtered.js')
+      .expect({
+        event: event => {
+          const frame = event.exception?.values?.[0]?.stacktrace?.frames?.find(frame => frame.function === 'one');
+
+          expect(frame?.vars).toEqual({
+            name: 'some name',
+            keepVar: 'keep me',
+            secretVar: '[Filtered]',
+          });
+        },
+      })
+      .start()
+      .completed();
+  });
+
+  test('Does not attach local variables when dataCollection.stackFrameVariables is false', async () => {
+    await createRunner(__dirname, 'local-variables-disabled.js')
+      .expect({
+        event: event => {
+          for (const frame of event.exception?.values?.[0]?.stacktrace?.frames || []) {
+            expect(frame.vars).toBeUndefined();
+          }
+        },
+      })
+      .start()
+      .completed();
+  });
+
   test('Should handle different function name formats', async () => {
     await createRunner(__dirname, 'local-variables-name-matching.js')
       .expect({
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types/datacollection.ts b/packages/core/src/types/datacollection.ts
index b160170761d7..8d87b07f9577 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types/datacollection.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types/datacollection.ts
@@ -91,9 +91,16 @@ export interface DataCollection {
 
   /**
    * Capture local variable values in stack frames.
+   *
+   * Accepts a Boolean (`true` collects all variables, `false` collects none) or a `CollectBehavior` to filter which
+   * variables are sent by name (`{ allow: [...] }` / `{ deny: [...] }`), matching against variable names.
+   *
+   * Note: filtering by name requires knowing the variable names **as they appear after bundling**. Minifiers and other
+   * build-time transforms frequently rename local variables (e.g. `password` becomes `a`), so allow/deny terms
+   * configured against source names may not match the names captured at runtime.
    * @default true
    */
-  stackFrameVariables?: boolean;
+  stackFrameVariables?: boolean | CollectBehavior;
 
   /**
    * Number of source code context lines to capture around stack frames.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/data-collection/filterKeyValueData.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/data-collection/filterKeyValueData.ts
index 0d8b00736f87..3cc85ca8eb75 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/data-collection/filterKeyValueData.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/data-collection/filterKeyValueData.ts
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ function isSensitiveKey(lower: string, denySnippets: string[]): boolean {
  *
  * @param additionalDenyTerms - Additional sensitive snippets to check beyond the built-in denylist.
  */
-export function filterKeyValueData(
-  data: Record<string, string>,
+export function filterKeyValueData<T>(
+  data: Record<string, T>,
   behavior: CollectBehavior,
   additionalDenyTerms?: string[],
-): Record<string, string> {
+): Record<string, T | string> {
   if (behavior === false) {
     return {};
   }
 
   const denySnippets =
     additionalDenyTerms != null ? [...SENSITIVE_KEY_SNIPPETS, ...additionalDenyTerms] : SENSITIVE_KEY_SNIPPETS;
-  const result: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const result: Record<string, T | string> = {};
 
   if (behavior === true) {
     for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/data-collection/filterKeyValueData.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/data-collection/filterKeyValueData.test.ts
index b472574dc546..2daab52d0bc3 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/data-collection/filterKeyValueData.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/data-collection/filterKeyValueData.test.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,33 @@ describe('filterKeyValueData', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('non-string values', () => {
+    const mixedData: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      count: 42,
+      enabled: true,
+      nested: { a: 1 },
+      password: 'hunter2',
+    };
+
+    it('preserves non-string values verbatim when kept', () => {
+      const result = filterKeyValueData(mixedData, true);
+
+      expect(result.count).toBe(42);
+      expect(result.enabled).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.nested).toEqual({ a: 1 });
+      // "password" matches the built-in sensitive denylist
+      expect(result.password).toBe('[Filtered]');
+    });
+
+    it('replaces filtered non-string values with the string placeholder', () => {
+      const result = filterKeyValueData(mixedData, { allow: ['count'] });
+
+      expect(result.count).toBe(42);
+      expect(result.enabled).toBe('[Filtered]');
+      expect(result.nested).toBe('[Filtered]');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('edge cases', () => {
     it('handles empty record', () => {
       expect(filterKeyValueData({}, true)).toEqual({});
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/data-collection/resolveDataCollectionOptions.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/data-collection/resolveDataCollectionOptions.test.ts
index 9f554a1897e2..8d6ec21a0ab6 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/data-collection/resolveDataCollectionOptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/data-collection/resolveDataCollectionOptions.test.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,28 @@ describe('resolveDataCollectionOptions', () => {
 
       expect(result.databaseQueryData).toBe(false);
     });
+
+    it('supports allow/deny list for stack frame variables', () => {
+      expect(
+        resolveDataCollectionOptions({ dataCollection: { stackFrameVariables: { allow: ['user'] } } })
+          .stackFrameVariables,
+      ).toEqual({ allow: ['user'] });
+
+      expect(
+        resolveDataCollectionOptions({ dataCollection: { stackFrameVariables: { deny: ['password'] } } })
+          .stackFrameVariables,
+      ).toEqual({ deny: ['password'] });
+    });
+
+    it('supports turning off stack frame variables', () => {
+      const result = resolveDataCollectionOptions({
+        dataCollection: {
+          stackFrameVariables: false,
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(result.stackFrameVariables).toBe(false);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('return type completeness', () => {
diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/common.ts b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/common.ts
index f86988b4cbfc..aeb77ddf09e3 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/common.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/common.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 import type { Debugger } from 'node:inspector';
+import type { CollectBehavior } from '@sentry/core';
+import { _INTERNAL_filterKeyValueData } from '@sentry/core';
 
 export type Variables = Record<string, unknown>;
 
+/**
+ * Filters captured frame variables by name according to a `dataCollection.stackFrameVariables` behavior.
+ *
+ * `true` keeps all variables (built-in sensitive names are still scrubbed), `false` drops them all, and the
+ * `{ allow: [...] }` / `{ deny: [...] }` forms filter by variable name.
+ */
+export function filterFrameVariables(vars: Variables, behavior: CollectBehavior): Variables {
+  return _INTERNAL_filterKeyValueData(vars, behavior);
+}
+
 export type RateLimitIncrement = () => void;
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-async.ts b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-async.ts
index 6d2070988d00..b3552f99fd02 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-async.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-async.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { Worker } from 'node:worker_threads';
-import type { Event, EventHint, Exception, IntegrationFn } from '@sentry/core';
-import { debug, defineIntegration } from '@sentry/core';
+import type { CollectBehavior, Event, EventHint, Exception, IntegrationFn } from '@sentry/core';
+import { debug, defineIntegration, getClient } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { NodeClient } from '../../sdk/client';
 import { isDebuggerEnabled } from '../../utils/debug';
 import type { FrameVariables, LocalVariablesIntegrationOptions, LocalVariablesWorkerArgs } from './common';
-import { functionNamesMatch, LOCAL_VARIABLES_KEY } from './common';
+import { filterFrameVariables, functionNamesMatch, LOCAL_VARIABLES_KEY } from './common';
 
 // This string is a placeholder that gets overwritten with the worker code.
 export const base64WorkerScript = '###LocalVariablesWorkerScript###';
@@ -19,7 +19,16 @@ function log(...args: unknown[]): void {
 export const localVariablesAsyncIntegration = defineIntegration(((
   integrationOptions: LocalVariablesIntegrationOptions = {},
 ) => {
-  function addLocalVariablesToException(exception: Exception, localVariables: FrameVariables[]): void {
+  function addLocalVariablesToException(
+    exception: Exception,
+    localVariables: FrameVariables[],
+    behavior: CollectBehavior,
+  ): void {
+    // When disabled, nothing is collected so we don't attach empty `vars` to frames
+    if (behavior === false) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Filter out frames where the function name is `new Promise` since these are in the error.stack frames
     // but do not appear in the debugger call frames
     const frames = (exception.stacktrace?.frames || []).filter(frame => frame.function !== 'new Promise');
@@ -47,7 +56,7 @@ export const localVariablesAsyncIntegration = defineIntegration(((
         continue;
       }
 
-      frame.vars = frameLocalVariables.vars;
+      frame.vars = filterFrameVariables(frameLocalVariables.vars, behavior);
     }
   }
 
@@ -58,8 +67,10 @@ export const localVariablesAsyncIntegration = defineIntegration(((
       LOCAL_VARIABLES_KEY in hint.originalException &&
       Array.isArray(hint.originalException[LOCAL_VARIABLES_KEY])
     ) {
+      const behavior = getClient()?.getDataCollectionOptions().stackFrameVariables ?? true;
+
       for (const exception of event.exception?.values || []) {
-        addLocalVariablesToException(exception, hint.originalException[LOCAL_VARIABLES_KEY]);
+        addLocalVariablesToException(exception, hint.originalException[LOCAL_VARIABLES_KEY], behavior);
       }
 
       hint.originalException[LOCAL_VARIABLES_KEY] = undefined;
diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-sync.ts b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-sync.ts
index 8ae1201732c8..043132fcb275 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-sync.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-sync.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Debugger, InspectorNotification, Runtime, Session } from 'node:inspector';
-import type { Event, Exception, IntegrationFn, StackFrame, StackParser } from '@sentry/core';
+import type { CollectBehavior, Event, Exception, IntegrationFn, StackFrame, StackParser } from '@sentry/core';
 import { debug, defineIntegration, getClient, LRUMap } from '@sentry/core';
 import { NODE_MAJOR } from '../../nodeVersion';
 import type { NodeClient } from '../../sdk/client';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type {
   RateLimitIncrement,
   Variables,
 } from './common';
-import { createRateLimiter, functionNamesMatch } from './common';
+import { createRateLimiter, filterFrameVariables, functionNamesMatch } from './common';
 
 /** Creates a unique hash from stack frames */
 export function hashFrames(frames: StackFrame[] | undefined): string | undefined {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ const _localVariablesSyncIntegration = ((
   let rateLimiter: RateLimitIncrement | undefined;
   let shouldProcessEvent = false;
 
-  function addLocalVariablesToException(exception: Exception): void {
+  function addLocalVariablesToException(exception: Exception, behavior: CollectBehavior): void {
     const hash = hashFrames(exception.stacktrace?.frames);
 
     if (hash === undefined) {
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ const _localVariablesSyncIntegration = ((
     // remove is identical to get but also removes the entry from the cache
     const cachedFrame = cachedFrames.remove(hash);
 
-    if (cachedFrame === undefined) {
+    // When disabled, nothing is collected so we don't attach empty `vars` to frames
+    if (cachedFrame === undefined || behavior === false) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -276,13 +277,13 @@ const _localVariablesSyncIntegration = ((
         continue;
       }
 
-      frameVariable.vars = cachedFrameVariable.vars;
+      frameVariable.vars = filterFrameVariables(cachedFrameVariable.vars, behavior);
     }
   }
 
   function addLocalVariablesToEvent(event: Event): Event {
     for (const exception of event.exception?.values || []) {
-      addLocalVariablesToException(exception);
+      addLocalVariablesToException(exception, getClient()?.getDataCollectionOptions().stackFrameVariables ?? true);
     }
 
     return event;
diff --git a/packages/node-core/test/integrations/localvariables.test.ts b/packages/node-core/test/integrations/localvariables.test.ts
index 0c7fd8b52689..82e43ef34135 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/test/integrations/localvariables.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/test/integrations/localvariables.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { createRateLimiter } from '../../src/integrations/local-variables/common';
+import { createRateLimiter, filterFrameVariables } from '../../src/integrations/local-variables/common';
 import { createCallbackList } from '../../src/integrations/local-variables/local-variables-sync';
 import { NODE_MAJOR } from '../../src/nodeVersion';
 
@@ -14,6 +14,34 @@ describeIf(NODE_MAJOR >= 18)('LocalVariables', () => {
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
+  describe('filterFrameVariables', () => {
+    const vars = { user: 'bob', password: 'hunter2', count: 42 };
+
+    it('keeps all variables on `true` but scrubs sensitive names', () => {
+      expect(filterFrameVariables(vars, true)).toEqual({ user: 'bob', password: '[Filtered]', count: 42 });
+    });
+
+    it('drops all variables on `false`', () => {
+      expect(filterFrameVariables(vars, false)).toEqual({});
+    });
+
+    it('keeps only allowed variable names', () => {
+      expect(filterFrameVariables(vars, { allow: ['user', 'count'] })).toEqual({
+        user: 'bob',
+        password: '[Filtered]',
+        count: 42,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('filters denied variable names', () => {
+      expect(filterFrameVariables(vars, { deny: ['count'] })).toEqual({
+        user: 'bob',
+        password: '[Filtered]',
+        count: '[Filtered]',
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('createCallbackList', () => {
     it('Should call callbacks in reverse order', () =>
       new Promise<void>(done => {