PT-2025-48700 · Entrust · Entrust Nshield Connect Xc+2

Published 2025-12-02 · Updated 2025-12-08 · CVE-2025-59699

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Entrust nShield Connect XC versions through 13.6.11 Entrust nShield 5c versions through 13.6.11 Entrust nShield HSMi versions through 13.6.11 Entrust nShield Connect XC version 13.7 Entrust nShield 5c version 13.7 Entrust nShield HSMi version 13.7

Description A physically proximate attacker can escalate privileges by booting from a USB device containing a valid root filesystem. This is due to insecure default settings within the Legacy GRUB Bootloader.

Recommendations Update Entrust nShield Connect XC to a version later than 13.6.11 or 13.7. Update Entrust nShield 5c to a version later than 13.6.11 or 13.7. Update Entrust nShield HSMi to a version later than 13.6.11 or 13.7.

Exploit

Fix

LPE

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-290

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-59699

GHSA-6Q4X-M86J-GFWJ

Affected Products

Entrust Nshield 5C

Entrust Nshield Connect Xc

Entrust Nshield Hsmi

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59699 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59699 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/38681 · Telegram Post
• https://entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/145176 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1996026869280350235 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1995876187176857614 · Twitter Post