high8.3
CVE-2025-6032
Podman Improper Certificate Validation; machine missing TLS verification
Impact
### Impact The podman machine init command fails to verify the TLS certificate when downloading the VM images from an OCI registry (which it does by default since 5.0.0) allowing a possible Man In The Middle attack. ### Patches https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/726b506acc8a00d99f1a3a1357ecf619a1f798c3 Fixed in v5.5.2 ### Workarounds Download the disk image manually via some other tool that verifies the TLS connection. Then pass the local image as file path (podman machine init --image ./somepath)
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/containers/podman/v5 | < 5.5.2 | 5.5.2 |
| go | github.com/containers/podman/v4 | >= 4.8.0, <= 4.9.5 | none recorded |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10295
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10549
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10550
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10551
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10668
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11359
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11363
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11677
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15397
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9726
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9751
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9766
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6032
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372501
- https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/726b506acc8a00d99f1a3a1357ecf619a1f798c3
- https://github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-65gg-3w2w-hr4h
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-65gg-3w2w-hr4h
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6032