CVE-2025-59705

medium

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 enabling the USB interface through chassis probe insertion during system boot, aka "Unauthorized Reactivation of the USB interface" or F01.

References

https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm

https://www.entrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025

https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-200262

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-02

Updated: 2026-08-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00325