🛡️ CVE-2025-59701 — nshield-5c-firmware

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-59701 is classified as CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. Sensitive values are written to storage unencrypted and readable by anyone with access to it.

Affected software

CVE-2025-59701 is recorded against 5 packages.

• nshield-5c-firmware (from 13.7 up to 13.9.0)
• nshield-connect-xc-base-firmware (from 13.7 up to 13.9.0)
• nshield-connect-xc-high-firmware (from 13.7 up to 13.9.0)
• nshield-connect-xc-mid-firmware (from 13.7 up to 13.9.0)
• nshield-hsmi-firmware (from 13.7 up to 13.9.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 2 December 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
www.entrust.com

Other advisories for this package

nshield-5c-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2025-59704 (4.6 Medium, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-59696 (3.2 Low, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-59703 (9.1 Critical, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-59695 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-59702 (7.2 High, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-59694 (6.8 Medium, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-59700 (3.9 Low, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-59693 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Dec 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information) in other software:

• CVE-2026-21080 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-20312 (8.8 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-55997 (8.8 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-15721 (9.8 Critical, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-34490 (5.5 Medium, published 31 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59327 (4.4 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-55985 (4.3 Medium, published 24 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16802 (6.5 Medium, published 24 Jul 2026)

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