Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL Wireless Controller

Certificate

Module description

The Cisco Series Wireless Controllers, are a highly scalable and flexible platform that enables system-wide services for mission-critical wireless networking in medium-sized to large enterprises and campus environments.

Security level exceptions

• Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
• Physical Security: N/A
• Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #1280, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #1926 with CVL Cert. #C1452, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #C1280, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 128 or 192 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #1926 with CVL Cert. #C1452, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 128 or 192 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

• IOS-XE 16.12 on VMware ESXi v6 running on a UCS C220 M5 with Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M (single-user mode)

Validation history

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: 2021-03-29

Source documents

• NIST certificate page
• Security policy (PDF)
• Consolidated certificate (PDF)