{"id":"CVE-2025-59704","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 an attacker to gain access the the BIOS menu because is has no password.","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 an attacker to gain access the the BIOS menu because is has no password.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-287"],"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-2025-59704","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3c73-5g33-8g22","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":0.00262,"epssPercentile":0.18357,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-26T16:46:30.397Z","slug":"CVE-2025-59704","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 an attacker to gain access the the BIOS menu because is has no password.\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":25,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":25.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}