VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-59699

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-12-02
Last modified2026-08-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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 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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Primary references