diff --git a/app/(dashboard)/team/page.tsx b/app/(dashboard)/team/page.tsx
index 8851033..6488154 100644
--- a/app/(dashboard)/team/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(dashboard)/team/page.tsx
@@ -1,35 +1,17 @@
-import { eq, asc, and } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { eq, asc } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { headers } from "next/headers";
 import { redirect } from "next/navigation";
 import { auth } from "@/lib/auth";
 import { getDb } from "@/lib/db/client";
 import * as schema from "@/lib/db/schema";
 import { resolveRole, isAdmin } from "@/lib/auth-session";
+import { listPendingInvitations, type TeamMember } from "@/lib/team";
 import { TeamPanel } from "@/components/transit/TeamPanel";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Types passed to the client panel — all Dates serialized to ISO strings
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-export type TeamMember = {
-  memberId: string;
-  userId: string;
-  role: string;
-  joinedAt: string;
-  name: string;
-  email: string;
-};
-
-export type PendingInvitation = {
-  id: string;
-  email: string;
-  role: string;
-  expiresAt: string;
-  createdAt: string;
-  inviterName: string;
-};
+// Types passed to the client panel — all Dates serialized to ISO strings.
+export type { TeamMember, PendingInvitation } from "@/lib/team";
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // TeamPage — server component; gates via session + resolves data
@@ -72,26 +54,9 @@ export default async function TeamPage() {
     .orderBy(asc(schema.member.createdAt))
     .all();
 
-  // Pending invitations with inviter name
-  const rawInvitations = db
-    .select({
-      id: schema.invitation.id,
-      email: schema.invitation.email,
-      role: schema.invitation.role,
-      expiresAt: schema.invitation.expiresAt,
-      createdAt: schema.invitation.createdAt,
-      inviterName: schema.user.name,
-    })
-    .from(schema.invitation)
-    .innerJoin(schema.user, eq(schema.invitation.inviterId, schema.user.id))
-    .where(
-      and(
-        eq(schema.invitation.organizationId, workspaceOrg.id),
-        eq(schema.invitation.status, "pending"),
-      ),
-    )
-    .orderBy(asc(schema.invitation.createdAt))
-    .all();
+  // Pending invitations — ADMIN/OWNER ONLY. The invitation id is the acceptance token and
+  // every prop reaches the client via the RSC payload, so non-admins must never receive one.
+  const invitations = listPendingInvitations(db, workspaceOrg.id, actorIsAdmin);
 
   // Serialize Dates to ISO strings for client component boundary
   const members: TeamMember[] = rawMembers.map((m) => ({
@@ -103,15 +68,6 @@ export default async function TeamPage() {
     email: m.email,
   }));
 
-  const invitations: PendingInvitation[] = rawInvitations.map((i) => ({
-    id: i.id,
-    email: i.email,
-    role: i.role ?? "member",
-    expiresAt: i.expiresAt instanceof Date ? i.expiresAt.toISOString() : String(i.expiresAt),
-    createdAt: i.createdAt instanceof Date ? i.createdAt.toISOString() : String(i.createdAt),
-    inviterName: i.inviterName,
-  }));
-
   return (
     <TeamPanel
       workspaceName={workspaceOrg.name}
diff --git a/lib/team.test.ts b/lib/team.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e514dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/team.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { mkdtempSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { migrate } from "drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3/migrator";
+import { getDb } from "@/lib/db/client";
+import * as schema from "@/lib/db/schema";
+import { listPendingInvitations } from "@/lib/team";
+
+function makeTestDb() {
+  const file = path.join(mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "sentou-team-")), "t.db");
+  const db = getDb(file);
+  migrate(db, { migrationsFolder: "lib/db/migrations" });
+  return db;
+}
+
+const ORG_ID = "org-1";
+const INVITE_ID = "invite-token-secret";
+
+function seed(db: ReturnType<typeof makeTestDb>) {
+  const now = new Date();
+  db.insert(schema.user)
+    .values({ id: "u-inviter", name: "Owner", email: "owner@example.com", createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+    .run();
+  db.insert(schema.organization)
+    .values({ id: ORG_ID, name: "Workspace", slug: "workspace", createdAt: now })
+    .run();
+  db.insert(schema.invitation)
+    .values({
+      id: INVITE_ID,
+      organizationId: ORG_ID,
+      email: "invitee@example.com",
+      role: "admin",
+      status: "pending",
+      expiresAt: new Date(now.getTime() + 48 * 3600_000),
+      createdAt: now,
+      inviterId: "u-inviter",
+    })
+    .run();
+}
+
+describe("listPendingInvitations", () => {
+  let db: ReturnType<typeof makeTestDb>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    db = makeTestDb();
+    seed(db);
+  });
+
+  it("returns nothing for a non-admin actor, so the invite token never reaches them", () => {
+    const rows = listPendingInvitations(db, ORG_ID, false);
+    expect(rows).toEqual([]);
+    // Belt-and-suspenders: the acceptance token must not appear anywhere in the output.
+    expect(JSON.stringify(rows)).not.toContain(INVITE_ID);
+  });
+
+  it("returns the pending invitation (including its id) for an admin actor", () => {
+    const rows = listPendingInvitations(db, ORG_ID, true);
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(rows[0]).toMatchObject({
+      id: INVITE_ID,
+      email: "invitee@example.com",
+      role: "admin",
+      inviterName: "Owner",
+    });
+    expect(typeof rows[0].expiresAt).toBe("string");
+    expect(typeof rows[0].createdAt).toBe("string");
+  });
+
+  it("excludes non-pending invitations even for an admin", () => {
+    expect(listPendingInvitations(db, ORG_ID, true)).toHaveLength(1);
+    db.update(schema.invitation)
+      .set({ status: "accepted" })
+      .where(eq(schema.invitation.id, INVITE_ID))
+      .run();
+    expect(listPendingInvitations(db, ORG_ID, true)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/team.ts b/lib/team.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b788fd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/team.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { eq, and, asc } from "drizzle-orm";
+import type { BetterSQLite3Database } from "drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3";
+import * as schema from "@/lib/db/schema";
+
+// DTOs serialized across the Team page's server→client boundary. Dates are ISO strings.
+export type TeamMember = {
+  memberId: string;
+  userId: string;
+  role: string;
+  joinedAt: string;
+  name: string;
+  email: string;
+};
+
+export type PendingInvitation = {
+  id: string;
+  email: string;
+  role: string;
+  expiresAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+  inviterName: string;
+};
+
+function iso(v: unknown): string {
+  return v instanceof Date ? v.toISOString() : String(v);
+}
+
+// Pending invitations for the workspace org — ADMIN/OWNER ONLY.
+//
+// An invitation's `id` IS its acceptance token: app/accept-invite resolves the invite via
+// eq(invitation.id, token). Every value returned here is passed as a prop to the client
+// <TeamPanel>, and Next serializes all client-component props into the page's RSC payload, so it
+// reaches the browser of anyone who can load /team. Returning these to a non-admin would hand a
+// usable invite token (including for an admin-role invite) to any authenticated member, who could
+// then accept a pending seat and escalate. Non-admins get an empty list and never receive a token.
+export function listPendingInvitations(
+  db: BetterSQLite3Database<typeof schema>,
+  organizationId: string,
+  actorIsAdmin: boolean,
+): PendingInvitation[] {
+  if (!actorIsAdmin) return [];
+  const rows = db
+    .select({
+      id: schema.invitation.id,
+      email: schema.invitation.email,
+      role: schema.invitation.role,
+      expiresAt: schema.invitation.expiresAt,
+      createdAt: schema.invitation.createdAt,
+      inviterName: schema.user.name,
+    })
+    .from(schema.invitation)
+    .innerJoin(schema.user, eq(schema.invitation.inviterId, schema.user.id))
+    .where(
+      and(
+        eq(schema.invitation.organizationId, organizationId),
+        eq(schema.invitation.status, "pending"),
+      ),
+    )
+    .orderBy(asc(schema.invitation.createdAt))
+    .all();
+
+  return rows.map((i) => ({
+    id: i.id,
+    email: i.email,
+    role: i.role ?? "member",
+    expiresAt: iso(i.expiresAt),
+    createdAt: iso(i.createdAt),
+    inviterName: i.inviterName,
+  }));
+}