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SUSE Linux Enterprise OpenSSL Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4070 · SUSE, LLC · data as of 2026-10-09

SUSE Linux Enterprise OpenSSL Cryptographic Module, from SUSE, LLC, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4070 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its algorithm certificates, its validation history, and the list moves this tracker has observed, which NIST does not date.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement. Observed moving to historical on 2026-09-22. It was one of the last FIPS 140-2 certificates, all moved at the 140-2 sunset on 2026-09-21.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 9.1 of the Security Policy. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy.

Certificate

Certificate number4070
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorSUSE, LLC · website
Software versions3.1

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

OpenSSL is an open-source library of various cryptographic algorithms written mainly in C.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A

Approved algorithms (13)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA783, A784, A785, A786, A787, A788, A789, A790, A791, A792, A794, A795
CVLA779, A780, A781, A782
DRBGA786, A792, A795, A797
DSAA779, A780, A781, A782
ECDSAA779, A780, A781, A782
HMACA779, A780, A781, A782
KAS
KAS-SSCA779, A780, A781, A782, A807
KTS
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSAA779, A780, A781, A782
SHSA779, A780, A781, A782
Triple-DESA793

Allowed algorithms

MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 running on FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY RX4770 M5 with Intel Cascade Lake Xeon Platinum 8268 with PAA
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 running on FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY RX4770 M5 with Intel Cascade Lake Xeon Platinum 8268 without PAA
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 running on IBM z13 with z13 with PAI
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 running on IBM z13 with z13 without PAI (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-11-15Initialatsec 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 at the time of the earliest snapshot
  • 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2021-11-15

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