CVE-2025-59697 – Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi Bootloader Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7, allow a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges by editing the Legacy GRUB bootloader configuration to start a root shell upon boot of the host OS. This is called F06.
    Added Reference https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj
    Added Reference https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm
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