CVE-2026-41248
Clerk JavaScript is the official JavaScript repository for Clerk authentication. createRouteMatcher in @clerk/nextjs, @clerk/nuxt, and @clerk/astro can be bypassed by certain crafted requests, allowing them to skip middleware gating and reach downstream handlers. This vulnerability is fixed in @clerk/astro 1.5.7, 2.17.10, and 3.0.15; @clerk/nextjs 5.7.6, 6.39.2, and 7.2.1; @clerk/nuxt 1.13.28 and 2.2.2; and @clerk/shared 2.22.1, 3.47.4, anc 4.8.1
Scoring
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS base score
- 9.1
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS probability
- 0.32%
- CWE
- CWE-436, CWE-863
- Published
- 2026-04-24
- Last modified
- 2026-04-27
Affected products
- clerk astro
- clerk astro
- clerk astro
- clerk nextjs
- clerk nextjs
- clerk nextjs
- clerk nuxt
- clerk nuxt
Weakness type
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