clerk-next-fix-auth-protectionnpm
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clerk-next-fix-auth-protection is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11069) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 7.7.7, 8.8.8). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in clerk-next-fix-auth-protection (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] is a typosquat of Clerk/Next.js auth tooling that ships no functional code (declared main index.js is absent from the tarball). Both preinstall and postinstall lifecycle hooks in package.json run a plain-HTTP curl to http://u3ukeehm.requestrepo.com/depconf/clerk-next-fix-auth-protection/ with the installer's username (whoami), hostname, current working directory, and timestamp embedded in the query string. The beacon fires unconditionally on npm install, targets an anonymous requestrepo.com subdomain, and constitutes a dependency-confusion/typosquat reconnaissance probe that exfiltrates installer identity to an attacker-controlled endpoint.
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'clerk-next-fix-auth-protection' @ 8.8.8 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for clerk-next-fix-auth-protection (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
clerk-next-fix-auth-protection is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If clerk-next-fix-auth-protection 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.
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- OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks clerk-next-fix-auth-protection-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.