# MAL-2026-11069: Malicious code in clerk-next-fix-auth-protection (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `clerk-next-fix-auth-protection` (npm)
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-11069?

MAL-2026-11069 is a malicious package in clerk-next-fix-auth-protection, published on 24 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

clerk-next-fix-auth-protection@8.8.8 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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-11069?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-11069 is a malicious package: clerk-next-fix-auth-protection (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11069/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.