High 7.8Published Dec 1, 2025

CVE-2025-59704Entrust 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 pas…

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Aug 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

entrust nshield_5c_firmware entrust:nshield_5c_firmware	before 13.6.12; from 13.7 before 13.9.0	NVD
entrust nshield_hsmi_firmware entrust:nshield_hsmi_firmware	before 13.6.12; from 13.7 before 13.9.0	NVD
entrust nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware entrust:nshield_connect_xc_base_firmware	before 13.6.12; from 13.7 before 13.9.0	NVD
entrust nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware entrust:nshield_connect_xc_mid_firmware	before 13.6.12; from 13.7 before 13.9.0	NVD
entrust nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware entrust:nshield_connect_xc_high_firmware	before 13.6.12; from 13.7 before 13.9.0	NVD

References

References

https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm	product
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://www.entrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3c73-5g33-8g22

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