CVE-2025-6032
Podman: podman missing tls verification
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 39th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
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.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 39th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
13 events over 433 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
- Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
- Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
- OpenVAS check added
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Operating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat OpenShift Container PlatformOperating Systems / linux-distro
- PodmanOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 8.3 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action
Scope
- Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6032
- altsp.su/obnovleniya-bezopasnosti/
- repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates/
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