CVE-2025-59705CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2025-59705

Medium · published December 2, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 to Escalate Privileges by enabling the USB interface through chassis probe insertion during system boot, aka "Unauthorized Reactivation of the USB interface" or F01.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00328 · 24.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2025-12-02T20:15Z
Affected products (10)
ProductVersionsFixed in
entrust/nshield_5c_firmware< 13.6.1213.6.12
entrust/nshield_5c_firmware≥ 13.7, < 13.9.013.9.0
entrust/nshield_hsmi_firmware< 13.6.1213.6.12
entrust/nshield_hsmi_firmware≥ 13.7, < 13.9.013.9.0
entrust/nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware< 13.6.1213.6.12
entrust/nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware≥ 13.7, < 13.9.013.9.0
entrust/nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware< 13.6.1213.6.12
entrust/nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware≥ 13.7, < 13.9.013.9.0
entrust/nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware< 13.6.1213.6.12
entrust/nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware≥ 13.7, < 13.9.013.9.0
References (3)
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj · [email protected]https://www.entrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025 · [email protected]https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 DEC 00:00Z
    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 enabling the…
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