CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-59693
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- Last modified
- 2026-08-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
The Chassis Management Board in Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7 (patched in 13.6.12 (LTS) and 13.9.0 (STS)), 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.
Affected configurations
• entrust nshield 5c firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield 5c firmware (>= 13.7.3 < 13.9.0)
• entrust nshield hsmi firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield hsmi firmware (>= 13.7.3 < 13.9.0)
• entrust nshield connect xc base firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield connect xc base firmware (>= 13.7.3 < 13.9.0)
• entrust nshield connect xc mid firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield connect xc mid firmware (>= 13.7.3 < 13.9.0)
• entrust nshield connect xc high firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield connect xc high firmware (>= 13.7.3 < 13.9.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3px-xpp5-mpfc github.com
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.entrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025 www.entrust.com
- https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm Product