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Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4494 · Cisco Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode, installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 3 of the Security Policy. This module contains the embedded module 'ACT2Lite Cryptographic Module' validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #3637 operating in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number4494
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorCisco Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsCisco Catalyst 9300-24S, Cisco Catalyst 9300-48S,Cisco Catalyst 9300L-24T-4G, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-24P-4G, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-48T-4G, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-48P-4G, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-24T-4X, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-24P-4X, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-48T-4X, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-48P-4X, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-24UX-4X, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-48UX-4X, Cisco Catalyst 9300L-24UX-2Q and Cisco Catalyst 9300L-48UX-2Q
Firmware versionsCisco IOS-XE 16.12 and Cisco IOS-XE 17.3

Module description

The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches are stackable enterprise switching platform built for security, IoT, mobility, and cloud. The switches meet FIPS 140-2 overall Level 1 requirements as multi-chip standalone modules. The modules include cryptographic algorithms implemented in IOS-XE software as well as hardware ASIC. Advanced security feature supports MACsec encryption, hardware anchored secure boot and Secure Unique Device Identification (SUDI) support.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 2
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AESA1462, C431, 4769
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLA1462, C431
DRBGA1462, C431
DSAC431
ECDSAA1462, C431
HMACA1462, C431
KAS
KAS-SSCA1462
KBKDFA1462, C431
KTS
KTS
RSAA1462, C220, C431
SHSA1462, C220, C431

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 or 128 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2023-04-28InitialAcumen Security

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: 2023-04-28

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