diff --git a/checkov/kubernetes/checks/resource/k8s/RootContainersHighUID.py b/checkov/kubernetes/checks/resource/k8s/RootContainersHighUID.py
index c8f5aaef34..5cc7945390 100644
--- a/checkov/kubernetes/checks/resource/k8s/RootContainersHighUID.py
+++ b/checkov/kubernetes/checks/resource/k8s/RootContainersHighUID.py
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ def scan_spec_conf(self, conf: dict[str, Any]) -> CheckResult:
 
         # Collect results
         if spec and isinstance(spec, dict):
+            # With a private user namespace (hostUsers: false) container UIDs are
+            # remapped to unprivileged host UIDs, so the high-UID host-collision
+            # concern this check guards against no longer applies.
+            if spec.get("hostUsers") is False:
+                return CheckResult.PASSED
+
             results: dict[str, Any] = {"pod": {}, "container": []}
             results["pod"]["runAsUser"] = self.check_runAsUser(spec, 10000)
 
diff --git a/tests/kubernetes/checks/example_RootContainersHighUID/rootContainersHighUIDFAILED.yaml b/tests/kubernetes/checks/example_RootContainersHighUID/rootContainersHighUIDFAILED.yaml
index 1ce793b7ad..1e0583d726 100644
--- a/tests/kubernetes/checks/example_RootContainersHighUID/rootContainersHighUIDFAILED.yaml
+++ b/tests/kubernetes/checks/example_RootContainersHighUID/rootContainersHighUIDFAILED.yaml
@@ -88,3 +88,16 @@ spec:
   - name: main2
     image: alpine
     command: ["/bin/sleep", "999999"]
+---
+# hostUsers: true keeps the host user namespace, so the high-UID check still
+# applies and a missing runAsUser must FAIL (guards the hostUsers exemption)
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: pod5
+spec:
+  hostUsers: true
+  containers:
+  - name: main
+    image: alpine
+    command: ["/bin/sleep", "999999"]
diff --git a/tests/kubernetes/checks/example_RootContainersHighUID/rootContainersHighUIDPASSED.yaml b/tests/kubernetes/checks/example_RootContainersHighUID/rootContainersHighUIDPASSED.yaml
index aa8de542d4..0338c8da3f 100644
--- a/tests/kubernetes/checks/example_RootContainersHighUID/rootContainersHighUIDPASSED.yaml
+++ b/tests/kubernetes/checks/example_RootContainersHighUID/rootContainersHighUIDPASSED.yaml
@@ -38,3 +38,16 @@ spec:
     command: ["/bin/sleep", "999999"]
     securityContext:
       runAsUser: 12000
+---
+# runAsUser not set, but hostUsers: false enables a private user namespace,
+# so host UID collisions cannot occur (PASSED)
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: pod4
+spec:
+  hostUsers: false
+  containers:
+  - name: main
+    image: alpine
+    command: ["/bin/sleep", "999999"]
diff --git a/tests/kubernetes/checks/test_RootContainersHighUID.py b/tests/kubernetes/checks/test_RootContainersHighUID.py
index 0fca549458..1f7a1d1f8f 100644
--- a/tests/kubernetes/checks/test_RootContainersHighUID.py
+++ b/tests/kubernetes/checks/test_RootContainersHighUID.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def test_summary(self):
         report = runner.run(root_folder=test_files_dir,runner_filter=RunnerFilter(checks=[check.id]))
         summary = report.get_summary()
 
-        self.assertEqual(summary['passed'], 3)
-        self.assertEqual(summary['failed'], 6)
+        self.assertEqual(summary['passed'], 4)
+        self.assertEqual(summary['failed'], 7)
         self.assertEqual(summary['skipped'], 0)
         self.assertEqual(summary['parsing_errors'], 0)