SCA: security update for @clerk/astro, @clerk/backend, @clerk/express, @clerk/fastify, @clerk/nextjs, @clerk/nuxt, @clerk/react-router, @clerk/remix, @clerk/tanstack-react-start (GHSA-9mp4-77wg-rwx9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428330

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Clerk helps developers build user management. Applications that use the verifyWebhook() helper to verify
incoming Clerk webhooks are susceptible to accepting improperly signed webhook events. The issue was
resolved in @clerk/backend 2.4.0. (CVE-2025-53548)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mp4-77wg-rwx9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428330

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/9/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-53548

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-53548

cwe: CWE-345