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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
podman
Default version status: unaffected
4.8.0 to < 5.5.2affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
6:5.4.0-12.el10_0 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
8100020250625105344.afee755d to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
5:5.4.0-12.el9_6 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
Default version status: affected
4:4.9.4-18.el9_4.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
Default version status: affected
4:4.9.4-14.rhaos4.16.el8 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
Default version status: affected
416.94.202507222002-0 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
Default version status: affected
5:5.2.2-8.rhaos4.17.el8 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
Default version status: affected
417.94.202507132309-0 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
Default version status: affected
418.94.202507221927-0 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
Default version status: affected
5:5.2.2-9.rhaos4.18.el9 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
Default version status: affected
4.19.9.6.202507152218-0 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
Default version status: affected
5:5.4.0-6.rhaos4.19.el9 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20
Default version status: affected
4.20.9.6.202509251656-0 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
References
- 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 ↗