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CVE-2025-59694 Details

Description

The Chassis Management Board in 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)), 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.8 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj CISA-ADPExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gqq-6vwr-4g3v [email protected]
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory
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]Product

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-1274Improper Access Control for Volatile Memory Containing Boot CodeCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-59694
NVD Published Date:
Dec 2, 2025
NVD Last Modified:
Aug 26, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2025-59694 Details - Not Deferred