CVE-2025-59694

Dec. 3, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

6.8
Medium

Description

The Chassis Management Board in Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, allows a physically proximate attacker to persistently modify firmware and influence the (insecurely configured) appliance boot process. To exploit this, the attacker must modify the firmware via JTAG or perform an upgrade to the chassis management board firmware. This is called F03.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Entrust
  • Nshield Connect Xc
  • Nshield 5c
  • Nshield Hsmi
  • <13.6.11
  • <13.6.11
  • <13.7

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-1274
Improper Access Control for Volatile Memory Containing Boot Code
The product conducts a secure-boot process that transfers bootloader code from Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) into Volatile Memory (VM), but it does not have sufficient access control or other protections for the Volatile Memory.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a entrust nshield_connect_xc <13.6.11 / / / / / / /
a entrust nshield_5c <13.6.11 / / / / / / /
a entrust nshield_hsmi <13.7 / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

6.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: PHYSICAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Dec. 2, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 3, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

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