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Hewlett Packard Enterprise OpenSSL Cryptographic Module on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4473 · Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company · data as of 2026-10-09

Hewlett Packard Enterprise OpenSSL Cryptographic Module on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4473 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 number4473
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorAruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company · website
Software versionsrhel8.20210325

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The OpenSSL FIPS Runtime Module is a general purpose cryptographic library designed to provide FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic functionality for use with the high level API of the OpenSSL library.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A

Approved algorithms (17)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA1117, A1118, A1119, A1121, A1122, A1123, A1124, A1130, A1131, A1132, A1137, A1138, A1139, A1140, A1141, A1142
CVLA1121, A1122, A1123, A1124, A1133, A1134, A1135, A1136
DRBGA1117, A1118, A1119
DSAA1133, A1134, A1135, A1136
ECDSAA1133, A1134, A1135, A1136
ENT
HMACA1125, A1126, A1127, A1133, A1134, A1135, A1136
KAS
KAS-SSCA1133, A1134, A1135, A1136, A1144
KBKDFA1143
KDAA1120
KTS
PBKDFA1125, A1126, A1127, A1133, A1134, A1135, A1136
RSAA1133, A1134, A1135, A1136
SHA-3A1125, A1126, A1127
SHSA1133, A1134, A1135, A1136
Triple-DESA1116, A1121, A1122, A1123, A1124

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
2023-04-14Initialatsec 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: 2023-04-14

Source documents