# CVE-2025-59702: 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 physi

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-02 · Updated: 2026-08-26

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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 with elevated privileges to falsify tamper events by accessing internal components.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj
- https://www.entrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cmhj-3c3r-rhfx

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