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shopper/framework: Race condition on Discount.usage_limit allows silent over-redemption — shopper / cart

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Impact

CreateOrderFromCartAction::execute previously created the Order row before checking and incrementing the discount's total_use counter. Under concurrent checkout pressure (Black Friday, flash sale, viral coupon), the global usage_limit was silently exceeded: orders were committed with the discount fully applied to price_amount while the counter blocked at usage_limit. The merchant had no signal that an over-redemption had occurred.

A second related bug: usage_limit_per_user was effectively a no-op because the counter it relied on (DiscountDetail.total_use) was never incremented anywhere in the codebase. The per-user check therefore always saw 0 uses and validation passed regardless of how many times the same customer had previously redeemed the coupon. For eligibility = Everyone the per-user limit could not fire at all because the underlying DiscountDetail row only exists for eligibility = Customers.

Direct financial loss: each over-redemption is a discount the merchant did not intend to grant.

Patches

Fixed in v2.8.0. CreateOrderFromCartAction now:

Reserves the discount slot atomically before the order row is created, inside the same DB::transaction with lockForUpdate and a compare-and-swap on total_use.
Throws DiscountLimitReachedException::global and rolls back the transaction when the global limit was exhausted between cart validation and commit. No order is committed.
Throws DiscountLimitReachedException::perUser and rolls back when the discount is restricted to one use per customer and the customer has already redeemed it.
Snapshots discount_id, discount_code, discount_type, discount_value_at_apply and discount_currency_code onto the orders table for resilience against later discount edits or deletions.

DiscountValidator was updated to perform the same Order-based per-user check at cart-apply time so the rejection is surfaced before checkout.

Upgrade via:

composer require shopper/cart:^2.8 shopper/core:^2.8 php artisan migrate

Workarounds

None. Upgrade to v2.8.0.

Resources

Issue: https://github.com/shopperlabs/shopper/issues/510
Pull request: https://github.com/shopperlabs/shopper/pull/511
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Published: May 18, 2026
Updated: Jun 5, 2026
GHSA: GHSA-9rh9-hf3w-9fgg
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Unknown
Score:
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-362

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
shopper / cart	-	2.8.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.