VMware’s OpenSSL FIPS Provider
VMware’s OpenSSL FIPS Provider, from Broadcom, Inc, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4861 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.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. No assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys.
Certificate
| Certificate number | 4861 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Broadcom, Inc · website |
| Software versions | 3.0.8 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The VMware’s OpenSSL FIPS Provider is a software library providing a C-language application program interface (API) for use by applications that require cryptographic functionality.
Security level exceptions
- Physical Security: N/A
- Design Assurance: Level 3
Approved algorithms (19)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | A4013 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| CVL | A4013 |
| DRBG | A4013 |
| DSA | A4013 |
| ECDSA | A4013 |
| HMAC | A4013 |
| KAS-RSA-SSC | A4013 |
| KAS-SSC | A4013 |
| KBKDF | A4013 |
| KDA | A4013 |
| KMAC | A4013 |
| KTS | |
| KTS-RSA | |
| PBKDF | A4013 |
| RSA | A4013 |
| SHA-3 | A4013 |
| SHS | A4013 |
| Triple-DES | A4013 |
Tested configurations
- Amazon Linux 2 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
- Amazon Linux 2 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
- CentOS 7.9 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
- CentOS 7.9 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
- PhotonOS 4.0 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
- PhotonOS 4.0 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
- RHEL 9 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
- RHEL 9 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
- SD-WAN OS 5.1 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
- SD-WAN OS 5.1 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
- Ubuntu 20.04 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
- Ubuntu 20.04 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
- Ubuntu 20.04 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
- Ubuntu 20.04 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
- Windows Server 2022 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
- Windows Server 2022 on ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge Server R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA (single-user mode)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-04 | Initial | Acumen Security |
| 2024-12-05 | Update | Acumen Security |
| 2025-03-18 | Update | Acumen 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 at the time of the earliest snapshot
- 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
- Validation dates on record: 2024-11-04, 2024-12-05, 2025-03-18