CVE-2025-59694

Published Dec 2, 2025

Last updated 4 months ago

Overview

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 persistently modify firmware and influence the (insecurely configured) appliance boot process. To exploit this, the attacker must modify the firmware via JTAG or perform an upgrade to the chassis management board firmware. This is called F03.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
nshield_5c_firmware, nshield_hsmi_firmware, nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware, nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware, nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
0.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-1274

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations