CVE-2026-64865: New API Redis User Quota Cache Overwrite Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2026-64865 is a MODERATE redis user quota cache overwrite vulnerability (CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')) affecting New API libraries in the Go ecosystem. The issue involves redis user quota cache overwrite via put /api/user/self allows quota bypass. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 1.0.0-rc.16.
CVE-2026-64865 at a Glance
How to Fix CVE-2026-64865
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected New API dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade github.com/QuantumNous/new-api to 1.0.0-rc.16
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for github.com/QuantumNous/new-api
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2026-64865, inspect your project dependencies for New API:
inspect dependencies for github.com/QuantumNous/new-api
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of New API in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 1.0.0-rc.16), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition'), where the product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently. In New API, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2026-64865 Affected New API Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
github.com/QuantumNous/new-api
|
Go |
< 1.0.0-rc.16
|
1.0.0-rc.16
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-j6gc-4893-qwmp",
"modified" : "2026-08-17T16:36:19Z",
"published" : "2026-08-17T16:36:19Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-64865" ],
"summary" : "New API: Redis user quota cache overwrite via PUT /api/user/self allows quota bypass",
"details" : "### Summary\nAuthenticated users can repeatedly call PUT /api/user/self with language or sidebar_modules while relay requests are consuming quota. The settings path reads a full User snapshot and writes it back through User.Update(), which refreshes Redis with RedisHSetObj and overwrites the Quota field. This can erase concurrent HINCRBY quota deductions and keep cached balance artificially high, allowing calls far beyond the paid quota.\n\n### Impact\nA low-privileged authenticated user may bypass quota enforcement and cause financial loss to operators. Authentication and pre-consumption use cached quota, while DB/log usage can continue increasing.\n\n### Affected Components\n- controller/user.go: UpdateSelf language/sidebar_modules branches\n- model/user.go: User.Update / UpdateWithTx full snapshot update\n- model/user_cache.go: updateUserCache RedisHSetObj full hash write\n- model/user.go: GetUserQuota reads Redis cache first\n\n### Root Cause\nNormal billing uses Redis HINCRBY on user:<id>.Quota, while settings updates use a stale full user snapshot to HSET the entire cache hash, including Quota. These two writers race on the same Redis field.\n\n### Patches\nThis issue is fixed in v1.0.0-rc.16. The fix makes user setting updates field-scoped, prevents stale user snapshots from overwriting accounting fields, and keeps generic user cache refreshes from modifying Quota. Quota cache updates are reserved for atomic quota delta paths or explicit quota synchronization paths.\n\n### Workarounds\nIf upgrading immediately is not possible, operators should temporarily restrict or rate-limit PUT /api/user/self and avoid allowing frequent user setting updates while Redis-backed quota cache is enabled. This is only a mitigation; upgrading is recommended.\n\n### Remediation\nUpgrade to v1.0.0-rc.16 or later. Deployments with Redis enabled should restart application instances after upgrading so stale in-process code paths are removed.",
"severity" : [ {
"type" : "CVSS_V4",
"score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
} ],
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"ecosystem" : "Go",
"name" : "github.com/QuantumNous/new-api"
},
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"type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
"events" : [ {
"introduced" : "0"
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"database_specific" : {
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"url" : "https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/commit/dfc0d6324b40c1d6c2972e524409f933541bfb0f"
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"type" : "PACKAGE",
"url" : "https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api"
}, {
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} ],
"database_specific" : {
"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-362" ],
"severity" : "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed" : true,
"github_reviewed_at" : "2026-08-17T16:36:19Z",
"nvd_published_at" : null
}
}