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VMware Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2122 · VMware, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-21

VMware Cryptographic Module, from VMware, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2122 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy Section 3 and operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy. No assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys.

Certificate

Certificate number2122
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorVMware, Inc. · website
Software versions1.0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The VMware Cryptographic Module is a software library providing FIPS 140-2 -approved cryptographic algorithms and services for protecting data-in-transit and data-at-rest on VMware products and platforms.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (7)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES2701
DSA822
HMAC1682
RNG1255
RSA1399
SHS2268
Triple-DES1620

Other algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 150 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 and 128 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); ECDSA (non-compliant); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.0a Edge OS on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5 running on HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server
  • VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.0a vShield Manager OS (VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.0a App Firewall OS) on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.5 running on HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2014-04-04InitialCGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Inc

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2014-04-04

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