CVE•Published 2025-12-02•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-59703Entrust · Nshield_5c_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
32
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 68% 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 Physically Proximate Attacker to access the internal components of the appliance, without leaving tamper evidence. To exploit this, the attacker needs to remove the tamper label and all fixing screws from the device without damaging it. This is called an F14 attack.
Timeline
Published 2025-12-02
Modified 2026-08-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
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Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-59703Hosts 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-2025-59703Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-59703Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2025-59703Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-59703GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-59703 on GitHub.