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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3946 · Red Hat®, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. SP 800-56Arev3 transition - replaced by certificate #4413. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number3946
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versionsrhel8.20200131

Module description

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of open source C libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled applications. NSS implements major Internet security standards. NSS is available free of charge under a variety of open source compatible licenses. See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Design Assurance: Level 2

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AESA612, A613
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLA609, A613
DRBGA613
DSAA613
ECDSAA613
HMACA613
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSAA613
SHSA613
Triple-DESA613

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #A613 with CVL Certs. #A609 and #A613, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 bits and 256 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #A613 with CVL Certs. #A609 and #A613, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R430 Intel Xeon E5 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R430 Intel Xeon E5 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-06-07Initialatsec information security corporation

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: 2021-06-07

Source documents