VMware's Linux Cryptographic Module
VMware, Inc. - FIPS 140 #3356
Powering IPsec encryption and integrity in NSX Edge and NSX Controller is the VMware's Linux Cryptographic Module. The Tunnel mode of the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) protocol performed by an IPsec Service kernel stack, such as NETKEY, utilizes the VMware's Linux Cryptographic Module to encrypt, decrypt, and perform integrity checks on data entering and exiting the NSX Edge virtual appliance.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 3356
- 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
- February 2, 2019
- Versions
- 2.0
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode with module VMware OpenSSL FIPS Object Module validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #2839 operating in FIPS mode
Algorithms
- AES
- HMAC
- SHS
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
- 2839
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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