CVE•Published 2025-12-02•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-59695Entrust · Nshield_5c_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
45
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 55% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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 user with OS root access to alter firmware on the Chassis Management Board (without Authentication). This is called F04.
Timeline
Published 2025-12-02
Modified 2026-08-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-59695Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Nshield 5c Firmware"Hosts Shodan identified as running Nshield 5c Firmware.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-59695Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-59695Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-59695Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-59695GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-59695" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-59695 on GitHub.