diff --git a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/IPScannerViewModel.cs b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/IPScannerViewModel.cs
index f42fb9b2e1..70c4685d07 100644
--- a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/IPScannerViewModel.cs
+++ b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/IPScannerViewModel.cs
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ private async Task Start()
 
         DragablzTabItem.SetTabHeader(_tabId, Host);
 
+        _cancellationTokenSource?.Dispose();
         _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
         // Resolve hostnames
diff --git a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorHostViewModel.cs b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorHostViewModel.cs
index 765b293a2b..70960638a0 100644
--- a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorHostViewModel.cs
+++ b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorHostViewModel.cs
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ public async Task Start()
         IsStatusMessageDisplayed = false;
         IsRunning = true;
 
+        _cancellationTokenSource?.Dispose();
         _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
         // Resolve hostnames
diff --git a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorViewModel.cs b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorViewModel.cs
index f6a27d44a3..bbe3c3bdb8 100644
--- a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorViewModel.cs
+++ b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PingMonitorViewModel.cs
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ public void Start()
         // Reset chart
         ResetTimeChart();
 
+        _cancellationTokenSource?.Dispose();
         _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
         var ping = new Ping
diff --git a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PortScannerViewModel.cs b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PortScannerViewModel.cs
index c4d0b75534..f683de1179 100644
--- a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PortScannerViewModel.cs
+++ b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/PortScannerViewModel.cs
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ private async Task Start()
 
         DragablzTabItem.SetTabHeader(_tabId, Host);
 
+        _cancellationTokenSource?.Dispose();
         _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
         // Resolve hostnames
diff --git a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/SNMPViewModel.cs b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/SNMPViewModel.cs
index dd2cf330fb..8119896d37 100644
--- a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/SNMPViewModel.cs
+++ b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/SNMPViewModel.cs
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ await DNSClientHelper.ResolveAorAaaaAsync(Host,
             ipAddress = dnsResult.Value;
         }
 
+        _cancellationTokenSource?.Dispose();
         _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
         // SNMP...
diff --git a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/TracerouteViewModel.cs b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/TracerouteViewModel.cs
index 4565094251..90af25696f 100644
--- a/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/TracerouteViewModel.cs
+++ b/Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/TracerouteViewModel.cs
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ private async Task StartTrace()
 
         DragablzTabItem.SetTabHeader(_tabId, Host);
 
+        _cancellationTokenSource?.Dispose();
         _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
         // Try to parse the string into an IP-Address
diff --git a/Website/docs/changelog/next-release.md b/Website/docs/changelog/next-release.md
index 480ee60f48..ead413f49f 100644
--- a/Website/docs/changelog/next-release.md
+++ b/Website/docs/changelog/next-release.md
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ Release date: **xx.xx.2025**
 
 ## Dependencies, Refactoring & Documentation
 
+- Fixed `CancellationTokenSource` leak in `IPScanner`, `PortScanner`, `Traceroute`, `PingMonitor`, `PingMonitorHost` and `SNMP` ViewModels. The previous instance was never disposed before being overwritten on each run, leaking the underlying `WaitHandle`. [#3448](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pull/3448)
 - Replace fire-and-forget `.ConfigureAwait(false)` calls with explicit discard assignments (`_ = SomeAsyncOperation()`) across command handlers, startup/load paths and profile callbacks. [#3441](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pull/3441)
 - Code cleanup & refactoring
 - Language files updated via [#transifex](https://github.com/BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager/pulls?q=author%3Aapp%2Ftransifex-integration)