VMware Kernel Cryptographic Module
VMware, Inc. - FIPS 140 #2180
The VMware Kernel Cryptographic Module is a flexible software library providing FIPS-140-2 approved cryptographic operations for VMware products and platforms.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 2180
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- VMware, Inc.
- Module type
- Software
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- CGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Inc
- First validated
- June 20, 2014
- Versions
- 1.0
- Caveat
- When installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy Section 3 and operated in FIPS mode with VMware NSS Cryptographic Module validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #2155 operating in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy. No assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys
Algorithms
- AES
- HMAC
- RNG
- SHS
- Triple-DES
Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.
CVEs that may affect this product
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Certificates it builds on
- 2155
- 821
Certificate ids found in this certificate's documents (automated extraction).
Documents and sources
Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP and the Common Criteria Portal - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 15, 2026
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