CVE-2025-59693

CRITICAL

9.8

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 obtain debug access and escalate privileges by bypassing the tamper label and opening the chassis without leaving evidence, and accessing the JTAG connector. This is called F02.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/2/2025

Last Modified12/15/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

entrust:nshield_5centrust:nshield_5c_firmwareentrust:nshield_connect_xc_baseentrust:nshield_connect_xc_base_firmwareentrust:nshield_connect_xc_highentrust:nshield_connect_xc_high_firmwareentrust:nshield_connect_xc_midentrust:nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmwareentrust:nshield_hsmientrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

References

https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm(cve@mitre.org)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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