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BIG-IP Tenant Cryptographic Module

F5, Inc. - FIPS 140 #4945

historicalLevel 2

BIG-IP Tenant Cryptographic Module, Application Delivery Controller and Firewall software running on running on F5 hardware and the underlying platform layer.

Key facts

Scheme
FIPS 140
Certificate
4945
Standard
FIPS 140-3
Security level
Level 2
Status
historical
Status reason
Replaced by certificate #5269
Vendor
F5, Inc.
Module type
Firmware
Embodiment
Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Lab
atsec information security corporation
First validated
January 17, 2025
Versions
17.1.0.1
Caveat
Interim validation. When operated in approved mode. When installed, initialized, and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy. The tamper evident labels contained in F5-ADD-BIG-FIPS140 kit and panel fillers installed as indicated in the Security Policy section 7.
Level exceptions
Mitigation of other attacks: N/A; Non-invasive security: N/A; Operational environment: N/A

Algorithms

  • AES-CBC
  • AES-CCM
  • AES-CTR
  • AES-ECB
  • AES-GCM
  • AES-GMAC
  • Counter DRBG
  • ECDSA KeyGen (FIPS186-4)
  • ECDSA KeyVer (FIPS186-4)
  • ECDSA SigGen (FIPS186-4)
  • ECDSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)
  • HMAC-SHA-1
  • HMAC-SHA2-256
  • HMAC-SHA2-384
  • HMAC-SHA2-512
  • KAS-ECC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3
  • KAS-FFC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3
  • KDF SSHA3729
  • RSA KeyGen (FIPS186-4)
  • RSA SigGen (FIPS186-4)
  • RSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)
  • Safe Primes Key Generation
  • Safe Primes Key Verification
  • SHA-1
  • SHA2-256
  • SHA2-384
  • SHA2-512
  • TLS v1.2 KDF RFC7627

Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.

CAVP algorithm certificates (27)

Each approved algorithm in a FIPS 140-3 module needs its own NIST CAVP certificate. Older numeric certificates link to their NIST page; ACVP certificates (A1234) can be looked up in the CAVP validation search.

Tested environments

  • BIG-IP 17.1.0.1 Tenant Cryptographic Module on F5OS-A 1.5.1 running on r10900 with Intel® Xeon® Gold 6312U Ice Lake
  • BIG-IP 17.1.0.1 Tenant Cryptographic Module on F5OS-A 1.5.1 running on r10920-DF with Intel® Xeon® Gold 6312U Ice Lake
  • BIG-IP 17.1.0.1 Tenant Cryptographic Module on F5OS-A 1.5.1 running on r4800 with Intel® Atom® P5342 Snow Ridge
  • BIG-IP 17.1.0.1 Tenant Cryptographic Module on F5OS-A 1.5.1 running on r5900 with Intel® Xeon® 4314 Silver Ice Lake
  • BIG-IP 17.1.0.1 Tenant Cryptographic Module on F5OS-A 1.5.1 running on r5920-DF with Intel® Xeon® 4314 Silver Ice Lake
  • BIG-IP 17.1.0.1 Tenant Cryptographic Module on F5OS-A 1.7.0 running on r12900-DS with Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8351N Ice Lake
  • BIG-IP 17.1.0.1 Tenant Cryptographic Module on F5OS-C 1.6.0 running on VELOS CX410 BX110 with Intel® Xeon® D-2177NT Skylake

Operational environments the module was tested on, as listed by NIST CMVP.

CVEs that may affect this product

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Documents and sources

Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP, the Common Criteria Portal and ENISA (EUCC) - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 17, 2026

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