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Security checkJune 09, 2026

Clerk has an authorization bypass when combining organization, billing, or reverification checks

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Description

has(), auth.protect(), and related authorization predicates in @clerk/shared, @clerk/nextjs, @clerk/backend, and other framework SDKs can return true for certain combined authorization checks when the result should be false, allowing a gated action to proceed for a user who does not satisfy the full set of requested conditions.

Recommendation

Update the @clerk/tanstack-react-start package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): **>= 1.0.0, <= 1.1.3 >= 0.0.1, <= 0.29.10**
  • Patched version(s): **1.1.4 0.29.11**

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