{"id":"CVE-2025-59700","title":"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 root access to modify the Recovery Partition (because of a lack of …","summary":"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 root access to modify the Recovery Partition (because of a lack of …","severity":"low","cvss":3.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-345"],"vendor":"entrust","product":"nshield_5c_firmware","affected":["nshield_5c_firmware < 13.6.12","nshield_5c_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0","nshield_hsmi_firmware < 13.6.12","nshield_hsmi_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0","nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware < 13.6.12","nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0","nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware < 13.6.12","nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0","nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware < 13.6.12","nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0"],"patched":["nshield_5c_firmware 13.9.0","nshield_hsmi_firmware 13.9.0","nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware 13.9.0","nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware 13.9.0","nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware 13.9.0"],"published":"2025-12-02","updated":"2026-08-26","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59700","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmq3-q8h7-g3v7","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.entrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm","label":"cve@mitre.org"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00185,"epssPercentile":0.08343,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-26T16:46:30.199Z","slug":"CVE-2025-59700","body":"## Overview\n\nEntrust 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 root access to modify the Recovery Partition (because of a lack of integrity protection).\n\n## Affected\n\n- `nshield_5c_firmware < 13.6.12`\n- `nshield_5c_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0`\n- `nshield_hsmi_firmware < 13.6.12`\n- `nshield_hsmi_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware < 13.6.12`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware < 13.6.12`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware < 13.6.12`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware >= 13.7, < 13.9.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `nshield_5c_firmware 13.9.0`\n- `nshield_hsmi_firmware 13.9.0`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware 13.9.0`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware 13.9.0`\n- `nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware 13.9.0`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":21,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":21.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}