Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2025· Updated Dec 4, 2025

CVE-2025-59699

Description

Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, 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.

Affected products

Entrust/nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMidescription
Entrust/nShield Connect XCllm-fuzzy
Range: <=13.6.11 or 13.7
Entrust/nShield 5cllm-fuzzy
Range: <=13.6.11 or 13.7
Entrust/nShield HSMillm-fuzzy
Range: <=13.6.11 or 13.7

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwjmitre
www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsmmitre

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