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CVE-2025-59697
n/a n/a — 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 ph…
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AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
n/a n/a – —
TIMELINE
Sep 18 Reserved by mitre
Dec 2 Published (CNA: mitre)
Aug 26 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2025-59697. Public exploit reference added.
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 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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| September 18, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by mitre |
| December 2, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: mitre) |
| August 26, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2025-59697. Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| n/a | n/a | — | n/a | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-59697 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
