CVE-2026-51083
Incorrect access control in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x qemu-server before 9.1.8 and 8...
Incorrect access control in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x qemu-server before 9.1.8 and 8.x before 8.4.8 allows users within limited privileges to obtain hashed passwords via the cloudinit/dump API.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Incorrect access control in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x qemu-server before 9.1.8 and 8.x before 8.4.8 allows users within limited privileges to obtain hashed passwords via the cloudinit/dump API.
- Record
CVE-2026-51083- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-45183
Incorrect access control in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x qemu-server before 9.1.8 and 8.x before 8.4.8 allows users within limited privileges to obtain hashed passwords via the cloudinit/dump API.
- Record
EUVD-2026-45183- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3q5r-q6qf-qq6p
Incorrect access control in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x qemu-server before 9.1.8 and 8...
Incorrect access control in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x qemu-server before 9.1.8 and 8.x before 8.4.8 allows users within limited privileges to obtain hashed passwords via the cloudinit/dump API.
- Record
GHSA-3q5r-q6qf-qq6p- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Incorrect access control in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 9.x qemu-server before 9.1.8 and 8.x before 8.4.8 allows users within limited privileges to obtain hashed passwords via the cloudinit/dump API.
- Record
CVE-2026-51083- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-51083 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5), published July 17, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.