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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4413 · Red Hat®, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module, from Red Hat®, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4413 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 applies.

Certificate

Certificate number4413
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versionsrhel8.20201215

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

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 (16)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA1173, A1174, A1175, A1176, A1177
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLA1173, A1178
DRBGA1173
DSAA1173
ECDSAA1173
ENT
HMACA1173
KAS-SSCA1173
KDAA1172
KTS
KTS-RSA
PBKDFA1173
RSAA1173
SHSA1173
Triple-DESA1173

Allowed algorithms

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
2023-01-16Initialatsec 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: 2023-01-16

Source documents