CVE-2025-59701 (GCVE-0-2025-59701)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-02 00:00 – Updated: 2026-08-26 15:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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 read and modify the Appliance SSD contents (because they are unencrypted).
Severity
4.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-02 17:59 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Assigner
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