CVE-2025-6032
Published:June 24, 2025
Updated:May 16, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/containers/podman.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.2 <v5.5.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v5.5.2github.com/containers/podman/v5 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v5.0.0-rc1 <v5.5.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v5.5.2Related Resources (19)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS
Base Score:
0.22