CVE-2025-6032
Podman: podman missing tls verification
CVSS Score
8.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
A flaw was found in Podman. The podman machine init command fails to verify the TLS certificate when downloading the VM images from an OCI registry. This issue results in a Man In The Middle attack.
| CWE | CWE-295 |
| Published | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Nov 29, 2025 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected References
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10295 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10549 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10550 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10551 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10668 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11359 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11363 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11677 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11681 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15397 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9726 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9751 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9766 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6032 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372501 github.com: https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/726b506acc8a00d99f1a3a1357ecf619a1f798c3 github.com: https://github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-65gg-3w2w-hr4h
Credits
This issue was discovered by Paul Holzinger (Red Hat Inc.).