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Malicious package

@0xlr/clerk-authnpm

Advisory published Updated

@0xlr/clerk-auth is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5385) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 999.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @0xlr/clerk-auth (npm)

MAL-2026-5385
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @0xlr/clerk-auth

What this malware does

On npm install, postinstall.js enumerates the entire process environment (Object.keys(process.env).sort().forEach) along with hostname, username, home directory, cwd, argv, and OS metadata, then POSTs the JSON payload over HTTPS to rytxau88zxh61dw6qz4yn19naeg54vsk.oastify.com (a Burp Collaborator subdomain controlled by the attacker). Any secrets present in the installer's environment at install time — CI tokens, NPM_TOKEN, AWS_*, GitHub tokens, etc. — are leaked to the operator of that Collaborator instance. The package itself is hollow: name @0xlr/clerk-auth with version 999.0.0 and a description reading 'Placeholder reservation - company should register clerk-auth' is a dependency-confusion lure aimed at organizations that internally reference an unregistered clerk-auth package.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
999.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

2ff421a5ccb412fd8455e89a1b9875b427ed34af12fa4b188ed4418cd8f52a74
f75b5cbd68fb15cdb11785a7a8c83cefd8ad2bb6cf7ed6692f120a5bd8f4f135
072d9c29e38d3418b3b53542e0d9bac6de02e95946737f9f3f0378f29534d314

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @0xlr/clerk-auth (version 999.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove @0xlr/clerk-auth from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @0xlr/clerk-auth was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. @0xlr/clerk-auth on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 999.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-004977IN-MAL-2026-004978GHSA-57r8-xw4c-5j59

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @0xlr/clerk-auth-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

Explore

@0xlr/clerk-auth (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-5385 | O3 Security