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.
History

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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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.

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-17T14:48:35.866Z

Reserved: 2026-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-51082

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