---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@clerk/clerk-js/v/6.40.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@clerk/clerk-js/v/6.40.1.md"
package: "@clerk/clerk-js"
report_status: "published"
title: "@clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "6.40.1"
---

# @clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 12 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 6.40.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The manifest’s runtime bundles contain a Coinbase wallet bridge, and the inspected dependency source identifies it as wallet SDK functionality. The scanner’s copied-bridge signal does not establish malicious behavior; no concrete attack surface was found in the inspected source.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 93.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-24T04:03:07.357Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-24T04:04:03.221Z
- **Download time:** 1530 ms
- **Static scan time:** 7863 ms
- **AI review time:** 46471 ms
- **Total time:** 55864 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** No attack surface was identified in the inspected source. The flagged Coinbase bridge serves the package’s wallet functionality.

- **Trigger:** A consumer requests a wallet provider through Clerk’s runtime API.

- **Impact:** The inspected behavior supports wallet access and does not establish credential theft, unrequested account changes, or other attack behavior.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-24T04:04:03.221Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The bundle conditionally imports the Base Account SDK and requests a provider; the bridge uses Coinbase’s wallet RPC endpoint.

- **Rationale:** The manifest’s runtime bundles contain a Coinbase wallet bridge, and the inspected dependency source identifies it as wallet SDK functionality. The scanner’s copied-bridge signal does not establish malicious behavior; no concrete attack surface was found in the inspected source.

- **Files touched:** dist/clerk.js, dist/clerk.mjs, dist/clerk.no-rhc.js, dist/clerk.no-rhc.mjs, dist/clerk.legacy.browser.js, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/0/npm-linux/package.json, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/0/npm-linux/dist/index.js, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/0/npm-linux/dist/base-account.js, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/0/npm-linux/dist/base-account.min.js, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/1/npm-linux/package.json, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/1/npm-linux/dist/index.js, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/2/npm-linux/package.json, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/2/npm-linux/lib/index.js, .lpm-dependency-evidence-c47e5636-c683-43b4-b2b7-4e64a9fae961/2/npm-linux/lib/index.mjs

- **Network endpoints:** https://rpc.wallet.coinbase.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 93.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The manifest selects Clerk JavaScript runtime bundles and declares no install lifecycle hook., The Coinbase RPC and account APIs belong to a bundled Base Account wallet SDK bridge, exposed when the wallet provider is requested., The inspected Base Account, Coinbase Wallet, and Stripe files match their declared package identities and show no install hooks., The inspected runtime and dependency excerpts support expected authentication and wallet functionality; no concrete attack behavior was identified.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1.

- Review the evidence and your use of @clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

### 3. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 4. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 5. High: Copied Package Dependency Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 83.0%
- **Path:** dist/clerk.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1/dist/clerk.js>)

Package metadata claims a different repository identity while copied source loads a runtime dependency bridge.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
package = @clerk/clerk-js; repositoryIdentity = javascript; dependency = @base-org/account
L87: ${e.trim()}
L88: (This notice only appears in development)`,te=e=>e7(`${e} as a function is not supported in this environment. The value will be ignored. Provide an absolute URL instead.`),tt={prox...
L89: For more information contact us at ${t}`)}function al(e){throw Error(`${ae} Calling ${e}.reload is not currently supported. Please contact support.`)}function ac(e){throw Error(`${...
```

### 6. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 7. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 8. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 90.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 9. Low: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1/package.json>)

The manifest selects Clerk JavaScript runtime bundles and declares no install lifecycle hook.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
"exports": {
    ".": {
      "react-native": {
        "types": "./dist/types/index.d.ts",
        "default": "./dist/clerk.native.js"
      },
      "import": {
        "types": "./dist/types/index.d.ts",
        "de
```

### 10. Low: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1/package.json>)

The manifest selects Clerk JavaScript runtime bundles and declares no install lifecycle hook.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
"scripts": {
    "build": "pnpm build:bundle && pnpm build:declarations",
    "build:analyze": "rspack build --config rspack.config.mjs --env production --env variant=\"clerk.browser\" --env analysis",
    "build:bundle": "pnpm clean && rspack build --config rspack.config.mjs --env production",
    "build:declarations": "tsc -p tsconfig.declarations.json",
    "build:sandbox": "pnpm --filter @clerk/ui build:umd && rspack build --config rspack.config.mjs --env production --env sandbox",
    "build:stats": "rspack build --config rspack.config.mjs --env production --json=stats.json --env varian
```

### 11. Low: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/clerk.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1/dist/clerk.js>)

The Coinbase RPC and account APIs belong to a bundled Base Account wallet SDK bridge, exposed when the wallet provider is requested.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
@base-org/account","rE":"2.0.1"}');let u="https://rpc.wallet.coinbase.com",d=c.UU,h=c.rE;function m(e,t){let a;try{a=e()}catch(e){return}return{getItem:e=>{var r;let n=e=>null===e?
```

### 12. Low: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/clerk.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@clerk/clerk-js@6.40.1/dist/clerk.mjs>)

The Coinbase RPC and account APIs belong to a bundled Base Account wallet SDK bridge, exposed when the wallet provider is requested.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
@base-org/account","rE":"2.0.1"}');let u="https://rpc.wallet.coinbase.com",d=c.UU,h=c.rE;function m(e,t){let a;try{a=e()}catch(e){return}return{getItem:e=>{var r;let n=e=>null===e?
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 14
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 14
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 14

### Published dependency entries
- @base-org/account 2.0.1 (Dependency)
- @clerk/shared ^4.41.1 (Dependency)
- @coinbase/wallet-sdk 4.3.7 (Dependency)
- @stripe/stripe-js 5.6.0 (Dependency)
- @swc/helpers 0.5.21 (Dependency)
- @tanstack/query-core ^5.101.4 (Dependency)
- @wallet-standard/core 1.1.1 (Dependency)
- @zxcvbn-ts/core 3.0.4 (Dependency)
- @zxcvbn-ts/language-common 3.0.4 (Dependency)
- alien-signals 2.0.6 (Dependency)
- browser-tabs-lock 1.3.0 (Dependency)
- core-js 3.47.0 (Dependency)
- crypto-js ^4.2.0 (Dependency)
- dequal 2.0.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @clerk/clerk-js
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 6.40.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-23T16:28:08.054Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-05T02:19:25.707Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-03T19:40:20.874Z
- **Known versions:** 28
- **Latest version:** 6.42.2
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Clerk JS library
- **Author:** Clerk
- **Maintainers:** colinclerk, bradenclerk, nikosdouvlis, jescalan, brkalow-clerk, dominic-clerk
- **Keywords:** clerk, auth, authentication, passwordless, session, jwt
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.9.0
- **Artifact files:** 185
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 9,858,924 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@clerk/clerk-js/v/6.40.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/clerk/javascript>)
- [Homepage](<https://clerk.com/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/clerk/javascript/issues>)
