Podman: podman missing tls verification

Summary

CVECVE-2025-6032
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-06-24 14:15:30 UTC
Updated2026-06-25 03:16:38 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.3 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.003970000 probability, percentile 0.315400000 (date 2026-06-26)

Problem Types: CWE-295 | CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS8.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 unaffected 6:5.4.0-12.el10_0 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 unaffected 8100020250625105344.afee755d * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 unaffected 5:5.4.0-12.el9_6 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support unaffected 4:4.9.4-18.el9_4.2 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 unaffected 4:4.9.4-14.rhaos4.16.el8 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 unaffected 416.94.202507222002-0 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 unaffected 5:5.2.2-8.rhaos4.17.el8 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 unaffected 417.94.202507132309-0 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 unaffected 418.94.202507221927-0 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 unaffected 5:5.2.2-9.rhaos4.18.el9 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 unaffected 4.19.9.6.202507152218-0 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 unaffected 5:5.4.0-6.rhaos4.19.el9 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 unaffected 4.20.9.6.202509251656-0 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System 1 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11359 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11681 [email protected] access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi [email protected] bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9766 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9751 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6032 [email protected] access.redhat.com
github.com/containers/podman/commit/726b506acc8a00d99f1a3a1357ecf619a1f7... [email protected] github.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11363 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11677 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10668 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10550 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10551 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15397 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9726 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10549 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10295 [email protected] access.redhat.com
github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-65gg-3w2w-hr4h [email protected] github.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This issue was discovered by Paul Holzinger (Red Hat Inc.). (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2025-06-12T15:14:34.557ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2025-06-24T00:00:00.000ZMade public.

Workarounds

CNA: Download the VM image manually with another tool that verifies the TLS certificate and then pass the local image as a file path to podman, for example: # podman machine init --image <local-image-path>

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