diff --git a/.changeset/cute-apes-watch.md b/.changeset/cute-apes-watch.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..741f9300df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cute-apes-watch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/clerk-js': patch
+---
+
+fix(clerk-js): update inCrossOriginIframe to handle nested cross origin iframes
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/runtime.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/runtime.ts
index ae7c6778715..5f3dfc48343 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/utils/runtime.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,19 @@ export function inIframe() {
 }
 
 export function inCrossOriginIframe() {
-  // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/frameElement
-  // frameElement: if the document into which it's embedded has a different origin, the value is null instead.
-  return inIframe() && !window.frameElement;
+  if (!inIframe()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    // Try to access top window's location to check if any ancestor is cross-origin
+    // This will throw a SecurityError if any iframe in the chain is cross-origin
+    // Handles nested iframes where immediate parent might be same-origin
+    // but a higher-level ancestor is cross-origin
+    void window.top?.location.href;
+    return false;
+  } catch {
+    // SecurityError thrown - we're in a cross-origin iframe (at any level)
+    return true;
+  }
 }