Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-59695

CVE-2025-59695

mitre — 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 us…

EPSS 0.7%CVSS 9.8

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 9.8 (ADP)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 52.3.523 × 2010.5 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: none+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

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 user with OS root access to alter firmware on the Chassis Management Board (without Authentication). This is called F04.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

n/an/a–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refentrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm refgithub.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj refentrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025 refgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-w5fv-rcj5-pmj9