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title: "CVE-2024-22206: @clerk/nextjs auth() and getAuth() methods vulnerable to insecure direct object reference (IDOR)"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-22206/
description: "CVE-2024-22206 (@clerk/nextjs (npm)): Clerk helps developers build user management. Unauthorized access or privilege escalation due to a logic flaw in…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-01-12
date_modified: 2024-11-14
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-22206"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00682
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-22206: @clerk/nextjs auth() and getAuth() methods vulnerable to insecure direct object reference (IDOR)

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.7% , percentile 52: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes @clerk/nextjs (npm) >= 4.7.0, < 4.29.3, fixed in 4.29.3 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Clerk helps developers build user management. Unauthorized access or privilege escalation due to a logic flaw in auth() in the App Router or getAuth() in the Pages Router. This vulnerability was patched in version 4.29.3.

## Affected packages

- npm `@clerk/nextjs` >= 4.7.0, < 4.29.3 → fixed: 4.29.3

## Affected products (CVE record)

- clerk javascript: >= 4.7.0, < 4.29.3

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.0 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 52.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-q6w5-jg5q-47vg](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6w5-jg5q-47vg)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-22206](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22206)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-22206](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22206)
- [github.com](https://github.com/clerk/javascript/security/advisories/GHSA-q6w5-jg5q-47vg)
- [clerk.com](https://clerk.com/changelog/2024-01-12)
- [github.com](https://github.com/clerk/javascript/releases/tag/%40clerk%2Fnextjs%404.29.3)

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