CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-59699

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

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 booting from a USB device with a valid root filesystem. This occurs because of insecure default settings in the Legacy GRUB Bootloader.

How to fix

Remediation Available

nshield 5c firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 13.7, < 13.9.0Fixed in:13.9.0CVE-2025-59699derived from NVD

nshield connect xc base firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 13.7, < 13.9.0Fixed in:13.9.0CVE-2025-59699derived from NVD

nshield connect xc high firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 13.7, < 13.9.0Fixed in:13.9.0CVE-2025-59699derived from NVD

nshield connect xc mid firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 13.7, < 13.9.0Fixed in:13.9.0CVE-2025-59699derived from NVD

nshield hsmi firmwareNVD

Affected:>= 13.7, < 13.9.0Fixed in:13.9.0CVE-2025-59699derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorPhysical

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

19thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 19% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Product1

entrust.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-12-08.