No exploitation reportedFix available

CVE-2025-6032

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2025-06-24
WeaknessCWE-295

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2025-06-2414:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-24 03:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

OSV

containers/podman

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	OSV

containers/podman

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	OSV

containers/podman

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	OSV

2 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

aardvark-dnsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.10.1-2.module_el8.10.0+4023+db236c53
aardvark-dnsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.10.1-2.module_el8.10.0+3909+6e1c1eb7
aardvark-dnsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.10.1-2.module_el8.10.0+4016+efd18bf8
buildahAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.33.12-2.module_el8.10.0+4016+efd18bf8and 1 other package
buildahAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.33.12-2.module_el8.10.0+4023+db236c53and 1 other package
cockpit-podmanAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 84.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4016+efd18bf8
conmonAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 3:2.1.10-1.module_el8.10.0+3970+8445edf6
container-selinuxAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:2.229.0-2.module_el8.10.0+3909+6e1c1eb7

55 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

CVE-2025-6032 Red Hat Product Security639 products fixed · 1 known affected
podman: podman missing TLS verification
openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
RHSA-2025:15397 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.20.0 bug fix and security update
RHSA-2025:11677 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.21 bug fix and security update
RHSA-2025:11681 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.45 bug fix and security update
RHSA-2025:11359 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.36 bug fix and security update
RHSA-2025:11363 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.19.5 bug fix and security update

8 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:15397 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:11677 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:11681 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:11359 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:11363 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:10668 · 34 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-06-24
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 3.18.3read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-295read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.5 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2025-06-24
Last Modified: 2026-10-12
NVD status: Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-6032?

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.

Is CVE-2025-6032 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-6032 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.5% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-6032?

CVE-2025-6032 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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