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.
History

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Entrust nshield 5c Firmware
Entrust nshield Connect Xc Base
Entrust nshield Connect Xc Base Firmware
Entrust nshield Connect Xc High
Entrust nshield Connect Xc High Firmware
Entrust nshield Connect Xc Mid
Entrust nshield Connect Xc Mid Firmware
Entrust nshield Hsmi Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_5c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_high:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_mid:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:entrust:nshield_hsmi:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Entrust nshield 5c Firmware
Entrust nshield Connect Xc Base
Entrust nshield Connect Xc Base Firmware
Entrust nshield Connect Xc High
Entrust nshield Connect Xc High Firmware
Entrust nshield Connect Xc Mid
Entrust nshield Connect Xc Mid Firmware
Entrust nshield Hsmi Firmware

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-290
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Entrust
Entrust nshield 5c
Entrust nshield Connect Xc
Entrust nshield Hsmi
Vendors & Products Entrust
Entrust nshield 5c
Entrust nshield Connect Xc
Entrust nshield Hsmi

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-12-04T16:28:32.832Z

Reserved: 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-59699

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-04T16:27:24.787Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-02T15:15:55.537

Modified: 2025-12-08T19:41:55.027

Link: CVE-2025-59699

cve-icon Redhat

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