Medium severity4.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2025· Updated Aug 26, 2026

CVE-2025-59701

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 (with elevated privileges) to read and modify the Appliance SSD contents (because they are unencrypted).

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Affected products

Entrust/Nshield Connect Xc High Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <13.6.12
Entrust/Nshield Connect Xc Mid Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <13.6.12
Entrust/Nshield Connect Xc Base Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <13.6.12
Entrust/Nshield Hsmi Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <13.6.12
Entrust/Nshield 5c Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <13.6.12
Entrust/nShield Connect XCcpe-rescue2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=13.6.11, <=13.7
Entrust/nShield 5cllm-fuzzy
Range: <=13.6.11, <=13.7
Entrust/nShield HSMillm-fuzzy
Range: <=13.6.11, <=13.7

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwjnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsmnvdProduct
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9h64-8g5h-r7hmnvd
www.entrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025nvd

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