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CVE-2025-59697

Entrust Nshield 5c Firmware

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 escalate privileges by editing the Legacy GRUB bootloader configuration to start a root shell upon boot of the host OS. This is called F06.

Exploitation status

  • Published references include exploit or proof-of-concept material. There is no confirmation it is being used in real attacks.

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires physical access to the device.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, an administrative account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
7.2 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Assigned by
cve@mitre.org

Dates

Published
2025-12-02
Last modified
2026-08-26
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Entrust Nshield 5c Firmware- 13.6.12, 13.7 - 13.9.0
  • Entrust Nshield 5call versions
  • Entrust Nshield Hsmi Firmware- 13.6.12, 13.7 - 13.9.0
  • Entrust Nshield Hsmiall versions
  • Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Base Firmware- 13.6.12, 13.7 - 13.9.0
  • Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Baseall versions
  • Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Mid Firmware- 13.6.12, 13.7 - 13.9.0
  • Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Midall versions
  • Entrust Nshield Connect Xc High Firmware- 13.6.12, 13.7 - 13.9.0
  • Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Highall versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References