# CVE-2026-25591: New API has an SQL LIKE Wildcard Injection DoS via Token Search

- Also known as: GHSA-W6X6-9FP7-FQM4, GO-2026-4531
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.10.8-alpha.10
- Published: 2026-02-24 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- QuantumNous new-api: fixed in 0.10.8-alpha.10
- github.com/QuantumNous/new-api (Go): fixed in 0.10.8-alpha.10

## Description

New API is a large language mode (LLM) gateway and artificial intelligence (AI) asset management system. Prior to version 0.10.8-alpha.10, a SQL LIKE wildcard injection vulnerability in the `/api/token/search` endpoint allows authenticated users to cause denial of service through resource exhaustion by crafting malicious search patterns. The token search endpoint accepts user-supplied `keyword` and `token` parameters that are directly concatenated into SQL LIKE clauses without escaping wildcard characters (`%`, `_`). This allows attackers to inject patterns that trigger expensive database queries. Version 0.10.8-alpha.10 contains a patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on QuantumNous new-api, github.com/QuantumNous/new-api, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.8-alpha.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/security/advisories/GHSA-w6x6-9fp7-fqm4
- https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/commit/3e1be18310f35d20742683ca9e4bf3bcafc173c5
- https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/releases/tag/v0.10.8-alpha.10

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