CVE-2025-59699
Medium
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 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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
Product
Entrust Nshield 5c Firmware
PublishedDec 2, 2025
First seenDec 2, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-290CWE-290
How to fix
Update
- entrust nshield_5c_firmware13.6.12, 13.9.0 or later
- entrust nshield_hsmi_firmware13.6.12, 13.9.0 or later
- entrust nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware13.6.12, 13.9.0 or later
- entrust nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware13.6.12, 13.9.0 or later
- entrust nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware13.6.12, 13.9.0 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| entrust nshield_5c_firmware | v < 13.6.12, 13.7 ≤ v < 13.9.0 | 13.6.12, 13.9.0 |
| entrust nshield_hsmi_firmware | v < 13.6.12, 13.7 ≤ v < 13.9.0 | 13.6.12, 13.9.0 |
| entrust nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware | v < 13.6.12, 13.7 ≤ v < 13.9.0 | 13.6.12, 13.9.0 |
| entrust nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware | v < 13.6.12, 13.7 ≤ v < 13.9.0 | 13.6.12, 13.9.0 |
| entrust nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware | v < 13.6.12, 13.7 ≤ v < 13.9.0 | 13.6.12, 13.9.0 |
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