CVE-2025-59699
What it is
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 booting from a USB device with a valid root filesystem. This occurs because of insecure default settings in the Legacy GRUB Bootloader.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited with physical access without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.8 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Entrust Nshield 5c Firmware < 13.6.12
- Entrust Nshield 5c Firmware < 13.9.0
- Entrust Nshield Hsmi Firmware < 13.6.12
- Entrust Nshield Hsmi Firmware < 13.9.0
- Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Base Firmware < 13.6.12
- Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Base Firmware < 13.9.0
- Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Mid Firmware < 13.6.12
- Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Mid Firmware < 13.9.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.8
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g9v7-h8x8-w5vw
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj