CVE-2025-59693

CRITICAL

Entrust Nshield 5C Firmware < 13.6.12 - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule

Description

The Chassis Management Board in Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, allows a physically proximate attacker to obtain debug access and escalate privileges by bypassing the tamper label and opening the chassis without leaving evidence, and accessing the JTAG connector. This is called F02.

References (2)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj

[Product] https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (5)

entrust/nshield_5c_firmware < 13.6.12

entrust/nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware < 13.6.12

entrust/nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware < 13.6.12

entrust/nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware < 13.6.12

entrust/nshield_hsmi_firmware < 13.6.12

Published Dec 02, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026