CVE-2025-59697

HIGH

Entrust Nshield 5C Firmware < 13.6.12 - Improper Access Control

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, allow a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges by editing the Legacy GRUB bootloader configuration to start a root shell upon boot of the host OS. This is called F06.

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.5%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-284 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