CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-59703
9.1 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)
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
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)), allow a Physically Proximate Attacker to access the internal components of the appliance, without leaving tamper evidence. To exploit this, the attacker needs to remove the tamper label and all fixing screws from the device without damaging it. This is called an F14 attack.
Affected configurations
• entrust nshield 5c firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield 5c firmware (>= 13.7 < 13.9.0)
• entrust nshield hsmi firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield hsmi firmware (>= 13.7 < 13.9.0)
• entrust nshield connect xc base firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield connect xc base firmware (>= 13.7 < 13.9.0)
• entrust nshield connect xc mid firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield connect xc mid firmware (>= 13.7 < 13.9.0)
• entrust nshield connect xc high firmware (< 13.6.12)
• entrust nshield connect xc high firmware (>= 13.7 < 13.9.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h78c-68qv-3qg9 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