# CVE-2025-59697

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-59697
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.2 (CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Dec 2, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Aug 26, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](https://www.entrust.com/use-case/why-use-an-hsm)
- [CNA](https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6q4x-m86j-gfwj)
- [CNA](https://www.entrust.com/knowledgebase/hardware/understanding-nshield-security-advisory-september-2025)
- [CNA](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2xm-xv33-q796)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.31%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 23.5

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._