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CVE-2025-6032: podman

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-6032· High 8.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.3 High.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 43% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Jun 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 4 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.10podmanpkg:deb/ubuntu/podman?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threatsAffected
  • 5.7.0+ds2-3build1 – 5.8.6+ds1-2
4 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 25.10podmanpkg:deb/ubuntu/podman?arch=source&distro=questingOther threatsAffected
  • =5.4.1+ds1-1
  • =5.4.2+ds1-1
  • =5.4.2+ds1-2
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

The vendor advisory states that to mitigate this issue, users should manually download the VM image using a tool that properly verifies TLS certificates and then pass the local image path to podman machine init. For example: podman machine init --image <local-image-path>. Users should monitor the vendor advisory for updates regarding patch releases.

Description

A vulnerability in Podman affects the podman machine init command, which fails to verify TLS certificates when downloading VM images from OCI registries. This flaw allows a remote attacker with network access to perform a Man In The Middle (MITM) attack by exploiting invalid TLS certificates. The issue impacts specific Podman versions and has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 8.3. Mitigation involves manually downloading VM images using tools that verify TLS certificates and then providing the local image path to Podman.

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