CVE-2026-51082

Race Condition Enables VNC Session Hijacking in Proxmox Virtual Environment

Published Jul 17, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A race condition between the vncproxy and vncwebsocket API calls in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x pve-manager before 9.1.9 and 8.x before 8.4.19; qemu-server 9.x before 9.1.7 and 8.x before 8.4.7; and pve-container before 6.1.3 (PVE 9.x) and before 5.3.4 (PVE 8.x) allows an attacker with privileges to call "vncproxy" to hijack a VNC session that is established in parallel by a different user for a different VM.

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Title Race Condition Enables VNC Session Hijacking in Proxmox Virtual Environment
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First Time appeared Proxmox
Proxmox pve-container
Proxmox pve-manager
Qemu
Qemu qemu
Vendors & Products Proxmox
Proxmox pve-container
Proxmox pve-manager
Qemu
Qemu qemu
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Title Race Condition Allows VNC Session Hijacking in Proxmox Virtual Environment
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Race Condition Allows VNC Session Hijacking in Proxmox Virtual Environment
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Weaknesses CWE-362
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A race condition between the vncproxy and vncwebsocket API calls in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x pve-manager 9.1.x before 9.1.9 and 8.4.x before 8.4.19; qemu-server 9.1.x before 9.1.7 and 8.4.x before 8.4.7; and pve-container 6.1.x before 6.1.3 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 allows an attacker with privileges to call "vncproxy" to hijack a VNC session that is established in parallel by a different user for a different VM. A race condition between the vncproxy and vncwebsocket API calls in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x pve-manager before 9.1.9 and 8.x before 8.4.19; qemu-server 9.x before 9.1.7 and 8.x before 8.4.7; and pve-container before 6.1.3 (PVE 9.x) and before 5.3.4 (PVE 8.x) allows an attacker with privileges to call "vncproxy" to hijack a VNC session that is established in parallel by a different user for a different VM.
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A race condition between the vncproxy and vncwebsocket API calls in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x pve-manager 9.1.x before 9.1.9 and 8.4.x before 8.4.19; qemu-server 9.1.x before 9.1.7 and 8.4.x before 8.4.7; and pve-container 6.1.x before 6.1.3 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 allows an attacker with privileges to call "vncproxy" to hijack a VNC session that is established in parallel by a different user for a different VM.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jul 17, 2026, 4:44 PM
Reserved
Jun 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 17, 2026, 3:16 PM
Modified
Jul 17, 2026, 6:28 PM