CVE-2025-59693 describes a critical vulnerability in Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi devices up to versions 13.6.11 and 13.7. This flaw, dubbed F02, allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass tamper detection, open the chassis, and access the JTAG connector for debug access and privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 13.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.7.3, < 13.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.7.3, < 13.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.