diff --git a/scripts/javascript-runtime-authority.mjs b/scripts/javascript-runtime-authority.mjs
index 8ee68338..d7759a02 100644
--- a/scripts/javascript-runtime-authority.mjs
+++ b/scripts/javascript-runtime-authority.mjs
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import ts from 'typescript';
  *
  * Parsing the artifact instead of scanning raw text deliberately ignores comments,
  * string literals, and template text that merely mention `require()` or `import()`.
- * Actual static imports/re-exports, bare CommonJS `require()` calls, and dynamic
- * `import()` calls remain fail-closed findings. Literal module specifiers are
- * preserved in diagnostics so a verifier failure identifies the dependency edge
- * that escaped bundling; computed specifiers remain `undefined` and therefore do
- * not acquire an invented interpretation.
+ * Actual static imports/re-exports, statically recognizable CommonJS loader calls,
+ * and dynamic `import()` calls remain fail-closed findings. Literal module specifiers
+ * are preserved in diagnostics so a verifier failure identifies the dependency edge
+ * that escaped bundling; computed specifiers remain `undefined` and therefore do not
+ * acquire an invented interpretation.
  *
  * @param {string} source JavaScript source emitted into the packed artifact.
  * @param {string} [filename='bundle.js'] Diagnostic filename for parse failures.
@@ -42,6 +42,73 @@ export function findRuntimeModuleAuthority(source, filename = 'bundle.js') {
       : undefined;
   }
 
+  /** Remove syntax-only parentheses before classifying an executable reference. */
+  function unwrapParentheses(expression) {
+    let current = expression;
+    while (ts.isParenthesizedExpression(current)) {
+      current = current.expression;
+    }
+    return current;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return whether an expression statically denotes a CommonJS loader function.
+   *
+   * Only intrinsic `require`, exact `module.require`, and comma expressions whose
+   * final value is one of those references are accepted. Arbitrary object methods
+   * named `require` remain outside this authority classifier.
+   */
+  function isCommonJsLoaderReference(expression) {
+    const current = unwrapParentheses(expression);
+    if (ts.isIdentifier(current) && current.text === 'require') {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (
+      ts.isBinaryExpression(current) &&
+      current.operatorToken.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.CommaToken
+    ) {
+      return isCommonJsLoaderReference(current.right);
+    }
+    if (
+      ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(current) &&
+      ts.isIdentifier(unwrapParentheses(current.expression)) &&
+      unwrapParentheses(current.expression).text === 'module' &&
+      current.name.text === 'require'
+    ) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (
+      ts.isElementAccessExpression(current) &&
+      ts.isIdentifier(unwrapParentheses(current.expression)) &&
+      unwrapParentheses(current.expression).text === 'module' &&
+      literalSpecifier(current.argumentExpression) === 'require'
+    ) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolve the specifier-bearing argument for a recognized CommonJS call.
+   *
+   * A matched call may legitimately have no literal argument, so the result uses
+   * an explicit object instead of overloading `undefined` as the no-match signal.
+   */
+  function commonJsCall(node) {
+    const callee = unwrapParentheses(node.expression);
+    if (isCommonJsLoaderReference(callee)) {
+      return { specifierExpression: node.arguments[0] };
+    }
+    if (
+      ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(callee) &&
+      callee.name.text === 'call' &&
+      isCommonJsLoaderReference(callee.expression)
+    ) {
+      return { specifierExpression: node.arguments[1] };
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /** @param {import('typescript').Node} node Parsed JavaScript node. */
   function visit(node) {
     if (ts.isImportDeclaration(node) && node.moduleSpecifier) {
@@ -63,15 +130,15 @@ export function findRuntimeModuleAuthority(source, filename = 'bundle.js') {
           offset: node.getStart(sourceFile),
           specifier: literalSpecifier(node.arguments[0]),
         });
-      } else if (
-        ts.isIdentifier(node.expression) &&
-        node.expression.text === 'require'
-      ) {
-        findings.push({
-          kind: 'commonjs-require',
-          offset: node.getStart(sourceFile),
-          specifier: literalSpecifier(node.arguments[0]),
-        });
+      } else {
+        const commonJs = commonJsCall(node);
+        if (commonJs) {
+          findings.push({
+            kind: 'commonjs-require',
+            offset: node.getStart(sourceFile),
+            specifier: literalSpecifier(commonJs.specifierExpression),
+          });
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -80,4 +147,4 @@ export function findRuntimeModuleAuthority(source, filename = 'bundle.js') {
 
   visit(sourceFile);
   return Object.freeze(findings.map((finding) => Object.freeze(finding)));
-}
+}
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diff --git a/scripts/javascript-runtime-authority.test.mjs b/scripts/javascript-runtime-authority.test.mjs
index 7ca3e2a3..568cc376 100644
--- a/scripts/javascript-runtime-authority.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/javascript-runtime-authority.test.mjs
@@ -41,9 +41,35 @@ test('reports executable module authority with actionable specifiers', () => {
   );
 });
 
+test('reports statically recognizable indirect CommonJS loader calls', () => {
+  const source = [
+    "const first = (0, require)('comma-package');",
+    "const second = require.call(undefined, 'call-package');",
+    "const third = module.require('module-package');",
+    "const fourth = module['require']('element-package');",
+    'const fifth = (0, require)(runtimePackageName);',
+    'const ordinary = { require() { return "ordinary-method"; } };',
+    "ordinary.require('not-commonjs-authority');",
+    'void [first, second, third, fourth, fifth];',
+  ].join('\n');
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    findRuntimeModuleAuthority(source, 'indirect-commonjs.js').map(
+      ({ kind, specifier }) => ({ kind, specifier }),
+    ),
+    [
+      { kind: 'commonjs-require', specifier: 'comma-package' },
+      { kind: 'commonjs-require', specifier: 'call-package' },
+      { kind: 'commonjs-require', specifier: 'module-package' },
+      { kind: 'commonjs-require', specifier: 'element-package' },
+      { kind: 'commonjs-require', specifier: undefined },
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
 test('fails closed when emitted JavaScript is syntactically invalid', () => {
   assert.throws(
     () => findRuntimeModuleAuthority('const = ;', 'broken.js'),
     /broken\.js is not valid JavaScript/u,
   );
-});
+});
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