BoringCrypto Android
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 12.1 of the Security Policy and operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Certificate
| Certificate number | 3753 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Google, LLC. · website |
| Software versions | 7f02881e96e51f1873afcf384d02f782b48967ca |
Module description
A software library that contains cryptographic functionality to serve BoringSSL and other user-space applications.
Security level exceptions
- Physical Security: N/A
- Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Approved algorithms
| Algorithm | CAVP certificate |
|---|---|
| AES | C1314 |
| CVL | C1314 |
| DRBG | C1314 |
| ECDSA | C1314 |
| HMAC | C1314 |
| KAS-SSC | vendor affirmed |
| KTS | |
| RSA | C1314 |
| SHS | C1314 |
| Triple-DES | C1314 |
Allowed algorithms
MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- Android 10 running on Pixel 3 XL with Snapdragon 845 32-bit with PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 3 XL with Snapdragon 845 32-bit without PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 3 XL with Snapdragon 845 64-bit with PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 3 XL with Snapdragon 845 64-bit without PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 3a with Snapdragon 670 32-bit with PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 3a with Snapdragon 670 32-bit without PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 3a with Snapdragon 670 64-bit with PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 3a with Snapdragon 670 64-bit without PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 4 XL with Snapdragon 855 32-bit with PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 4 XL with Snapdragon 855 32-bit without PAA (single-user mode)
- Android 10 running on Pixel 4 XL with Snapdragon 855 64-bit with PAA
- Android 10 running on Pixel 4 XL with Snapdragon 855 64-bit without PAA
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-02 | Initial | Acumen Security |
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: 2020-12-02