diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/basic_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/basic_test.go
index 695327a56d..45cada2efb 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/basic_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/basic_test.go
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package e2e_test
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -285,6 +287,22 @@ var _ = Describe("run basic podman commands", func() {
 		Expect(run).To(Exit(0))
 		Expect(build.outputToString()).To(ContainSubstring(name))
 	})
+
+	It("CVE-2025-6032 regression test - HTTP", func() {
+		// ensure that trying to pull from a local HTTP server fails and the connection will be rejected
+		testImagePullTLS(nil)
+	})
+
+	It("CVE-2025-6032 regression test - HTTPS unknown cert", func() {
+		// ensure that trying to pull from an local HTTPS server with invalid certs fails and the connection will be rejected
+		testImagePullTLS(&TLSConfig{
+			// Key/Cert was generated with:
+			// openssl req -x509 -newkey ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:secp384r1 -days 3650 \
+			// -nodes -keyout test-tls.key -out test-tls.crt -subj "/CN=test.podman.io" -addext "subjectAltName=IP:127.0.0.1"
+			key:  "test-tls.key",
+			cert: "test-tls.crt",
+		})
+	})
 })
 
 func testHTTPServer(port string, shouldErr bool, expectedResponse string) {
@@ -315,3 +333,70 @@ func testHTTPServer(port string, shouldErr bool, expectedResponse string) {
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	Expect(string(body)).Should(Equal(expectedResponse))
 }
+
+type TLSConfig struct {
+	key  string
+	cert string
+}
+
+// setup a local webserver in the test and then point podman machine init to it
+// to verify the connection details.
+func testImagePullTLS(tls *TLSConfig) {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp4", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	serverAddr := listener.Addr().String()
+
+	var loggedRequests []string
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		loggedRequests = append(loggedRequests, r.URL.Path)
+		// don't care about an error, we should never get here
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("Hello"))
+	})
+
+	srv := &http.Server{
+		Handler:  mux,
+		ErrorLog: log.New(io.Discard, "", 0),
+	}
+	defer srv.Close()
+	serverErr := make(chan error)
+	go func() {
+		defer GinkgoRecover()
+		if tls != nil {
+			serverErr <- srv.ServeTLS(listener, tls.cert, tls.key)
+		} else {
+			serverErr <- srv.Serve(listener)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	name := randomString()
+	i := new(initMachine)
+	session, err := mb.setName(name).setCmd(i.withImage("docker://" + serverAddr + "/testimage")).run()
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	Expect(session).To(Exit(125))
+
+	// Note because we don't run a real registry the error you get when TLS is not checked is:
+	// Error: wrong manifest type for disk artifact: text/plain
+	// As such we match the errors strings exactly to ensure we have proper error messages that indicate the TLS error.
+	expectedErr := "Error: pinging container registry " + serverAddr + ": Get \"https://" + serverAddr + "/v2/\": "
+	if tls != nil {
+		expectedErr += "tls: failed to verify certificate: x509: "
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			// Apple doesn't like such long valid certs so the error is different but the purpose
+			// is the same, it rejected a cert which is how we know TLS verification is turned on.
+			// https://support.apple.com/en-au/102028
+			expectedErr += "“test.podman.io” certificate is not standards compliant\n"
+		} else {
+			expectedErr += "certificate signed by unknown authority\n"
+		}
+	} else {
+		expectedErr += "http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client\n"
+	}
+	Expect(session.errorToString()).To(Equal(expectedErr))
+
+	// if the client enforces TLS verification then we should not have received any request
+	Expect(loggedRequests).To(BeEmpty(), "the server should have not process any request from the client")
+
+	srv.Close()
+	Expect(<-serverErr).To(Equal(http.ErrServerClosed))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/test-tls.crt b/pkg/machine/e2e/test-tls.crt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a75949f393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/test-tls.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/test-tls.key b/pkg/machine/e2e/test-tls.key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cf2a7e6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/test-tls.key
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIG2AgEAMBAGByqGSM49AgEGBSuBBAAiBIGeMIGbAgEBBDDVCVCJ8wu0WUCohjgJ
+K3bJSk0MLXT/uxy/A3tluioR+QUFKBJBRwJDOmEGkw2tyyahZANiAAST6MMacqsc
+fn++baDO8GIJp+kAQ79x61SbwoC9KBabwv9136qJFkPd9MrOGABvyYC/WCMW+/2k
+WVTqq1wYccUZ2lcPcv+/5z/EWgoD28eevQnd2L6rCZKocE4/aRHWzOw=
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----