diff --git a/console/novncd b/console/novncd
index c11aca7b..758a92d4 100755
--- a/console/novncd
+++ b/console/novncd
@@ -86,52 +86,35 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 def get_connection_infos(token):
-    from django.conf import settings
     from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
     from django.core.signing import BadSignature, SignatureExpired, TimestampSigner
     from instances.models import Instance
     from instances.utils import can_open_console
     from vrtManager.instance import wvmInstance
 
-    host = None
-    uuid = None
-    user_id = None
-
+    # The console view signs exactly "host:uuid:user_id". Anything else
+    # (unsigned, expired, or without the user part) is rejected, because the
+    # per-user access check below depends on user_id.
     signer = TimestampSigner(salt="console.novnc")
     try:
         unsigned = signer.unsign(token, max_age=120)
-        parts = unsigned.split(":")
-        if len(parts) >= 2:
-            host = int(parts[0])
-            uuid = parts[1]
-            if len(parts) >= 3:
-                user_id = int(parts[2])
+        host, uuid, user_id = unsigned.split(":")
+        host = int(host)
+        user_id = int(user_id)
     except (BadSignature, SignatureExpired, ValueError, TypeError):
-        if "test" in sys.argv:
-            try:
-                temptoken = token.split("-", 1)
-                host = int(temptoken[0])
-                uuid = temptoken[1]
-            except Exception:
-                raise
-        else:
-            raise PermissionError("Invalid or expired console token")
-
-    if host is None or uuid is None:
-        raise ValueError("Invalid console token format")
+        raise PermissionError("Invalid or expired console token")
 
     try:
         instance = Instance.objects.get(compute_id=host, uuid=uuid)
-        if user_id is not None:
-            User = get_user_model()
-            try:
-                user = User.objects.get(id=user_id)
-            except User.DoesNotExist:
-                raise PermissionError("User not found")
-            if not user.is_active:
-                raise PermissionError("User account is inactive or disabled")
-            if not can_open_console(user, instance):
-                raise PermissionError("User no longer has access to this instance")
+        User = get_user_model()
+        try:
+            user = User.objects.get(id=user_id)
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            raise PermissionError("User not found")
+        if not user.is_active:
+            raise PermissionError("User account is inactive or disabled")
+        if not can_open_console(user, instance):
+            raise PermissionError("User no longer has access to this instance")
 
         conn = wvmInstance(
             instance.compute.hostname,
diff --git a/console/tests.py b/console/tests.py
index b006ffe6..84cf95d9 100644
--- a/console/tests.py
+++ b/console/tests.py
@@ -525,6 +525,38 @@ class NovncdDaemonLogicTestCase(TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(PermissionError):
             novncd_mod.get_connection_infos(token)
 
+    def test_get_connection_infos_rejects_signed_token_without_user(self):
+        # The console view always signs host:uuid:user_id; a token without the
+        # user part would skip the per-user access check entirely.
+        compute = Compute.objects.create(
+            name="novnc-2part-compute", hostname="127.0.0.1", login="root", password="", type=1
+        )
+        instance = Instance.objects.create(
+            compute=compute,
+            name="novnc-2part-vm",
+            uuid="66666666-6666-6666-6666-666666666666",
+        )
+        signer = TimestampSigner(salt="console.novnc")
+        token = signer.sign(f"{compute.id}:{instance.uuid}")
+
+        with self.assertRaises(PermissionError):
+            novncd_mod.get_connection_infos(token)
+
+    def test_get_connection_infos_rejects_unsigned_token_even_under_test_runner(self):
+        # sys.argv contains "test" while this suite runs; production code must
+        # not change behaviour based on that.
+        compute = Compute.objects.create(
+            name="novnc-unsigned-compute", hostname="127.0.0.1", login="root", password="", type=1
+        )
+        instance = Instance.objects.create(
+            compute=compute,
+            name="novnc-unsigned-vm",
+            uuid="88888888-8888-8888-8888-888888888888",
+        )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(PermissionError):
+            novncd_mod.get_connection_infos(f"{compute.id}-{instance.uuid}")
+
     def test_get_connection_infos_view_instances_user_is_not_enough(self):
         User = get_user_model()
         viewer = User.objects.create_user(username="novnc_viewer", password="password")