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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 GnuTLS Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4272 · Red Hat®, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 GnuTLS Cryptographic Module, from Red Hat®, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4272 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 and 10 of the Security Policy. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy.

Certificate

Certificate number4272
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versionsrhel8.20210401

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the TLS and DTLS protocols. It provides a simple C language application programming interface to access the secure communications protocols as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PKCS#12, and other required structures which is shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A

Approved algorithms (17)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA1307, A1311, A1312, A1314, A1315, A1317, A1318, A1320
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLA1317
DRBGA1317
DSAA1317
ECDSAA1317
ENT
HMACA1312, A1317
KAS
KAS-SSCA1317
KDAA1316
KTS
PBKDFA1317
RSAA1317
SHA-3A1313, A1319
SHSA1312, A1317
Triple-DESA1317

Allowed algorithms

MD5; 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 R440 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4216 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R440 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4216 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2022-07-18Initialatsec 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: 2022-07-18

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