CVE-2025-59704: Entrust Nshield 5c Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Entrust Nshield 5c Firmware: before 13.6.12 (fixed in 13.6.12); from 13.7, before 13.9.0 (fixed in 13.9.0)
• Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Base Firmware: before 13.6.12 (fixed in 13.6.12); from 13.7, before 13.9.0 (fixed in 13.9.0)
• Entrust Nshield Connect Xc High Firmware: before 13.6.12 (fixed in 13.6.12); from 13.7, before 13.9.0 (fixed in 13.9.0)
• Entrust Nshield Connect Xc Mid Firmware: before 13.6.12 (fixed in 13.6.12); from 13.7, before 13.9.0 (fixed in 13.9.0)
• Entrust Nshield Hsmi Firmware: before 13.6.12 (fixed in 13.6.12); from 13.7, before 13.9.0 (fixed in 13.9.0)

Published 2025-12-02. Last modified 2026-08-26.