Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 NSS Cryptographic Module

Red Hat, Inc - FIPS 140 #5022

activeLevel 1547 related CVEs

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of open source C libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled applications. NSS implements major Internet security standards. NSS is available free of charge under a variety of open source compatible licenses. See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/.

Key facts

Scheme: FIPS 140
Certificate: 5022
Standard: FIPS 140-3
Security level: Level 1
Status: active
Vendor: Red Hat, Inc
Module type: Software
Embodiment: Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Lab: atsec information security corporation
First validated: May 30, 2025
Sunset date: May 29, 2030
Caveat: When operated in approved mode and installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy. No assurance of minimum security of SSPs (e.g., keys, bit strings) that are externally loaded, or of SSPs established with externally loaded SSPs.

Algorithms

AES-CBC
AES-CBC-CS1
AES-CMAC
AES-CTR
AES-ECB
AES-GCM
AES-KW
AES-KWP
ECDSA KeyGen (FIPS186-5)
ECDSA SigGen (FIPS186-5)
ECDSA SigVer (FIPS186-5)
Hash DRBG
HMAC-SHA-1
HMAC-SHA2-224
HMAC-SHA2-256
HMAC-SHA2-384
HMAC-SHA2-512
KAS-ECC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3
KAS-FFC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3
KDA HKDF Sp800-56Cr1
KDF IKEv2
KDF SP800-108
PBKDF
RSA KeyGen (FIPS186-5)
RSA SigGen (FIPS186-5)
RSA SigVer (FIPS186-2)
RSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)
RSA SigVer (FIPS186-5)
Safe Primes Key Generation
SHA2-224
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.

CVEs that may affect this product

CVE-2025-31277HIGH 8.8KEVEPSS 1.6%
CVE-2023-5217HIGH 8.8KEVEPSS 49.0%
CVE-2023-32373HIGH 8.8KEVEPSS 12.2%
CVE-2026-31431HIGH 7.8KEVEPSS 3.4%
CVE-2023-4911HIGH 7.8KEVEPSS 63.8%
CVE-2026-34486HIGH 7.5KEVEPSS 6.6%
CVE-2023-44487HIGH 7.5KEVEPSS 100.0%
CVE-2026-53006CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.4%
CVE-2026-53002CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.4%
CVE-2026-11861CRITICAL 9.6EPSS 0.2%
CVE-2026-1709CRITICAL 9.4EPSS 5.8%
CVE-2023-46846CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 6.2%
CVE-2022-1587CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 2.8%
CVE-2022-1586CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 3.4%
CVE-2026-4480CRITICAL 9.0EPSS 13.9%
CVE-2026-4408CRITICAL 9.0EPSS 1.8%
CVE-2023-5869HIGH 8.8EPSS 4.3%
CVE-2023-5178HIGH 8.8EPSS 9.5%
CVE-2023-2203HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.9%
CVE-2026-28369HIGH 8.7EPSS 0.9%
CVE-2026-28368HIGH 8.7EPSS 0.9%
CVE-2026-13097HIGH 8.7EPSS 0.4%
CVE-2023-46848HIGH 8.6EPSS 10.2%
CVE-2023-46847HIGH 8.6EPSS 88.4%
CVE-2022-4904HIGH 8.6EPSS 1.2%
CVE-2022-2132HIGH 8.6EPSS 2.2%
CVE-2026-59090HIGH 8.4EPSS 0.6%
CVE-2023-40547HIGH 8.3EPSS 5.4%
CVE-2026-35091HIGH 8.2EPSS 1.1%
CVE-2026-19550HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.3%
CVE-2026-0966HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.6%
CVE-2023-39191HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.5%
CVE-2026-9256HIGH 8.1EPSS 2.7%
CVE-2026-42055HIGH 8.1EPSS 6.5%
CVE-2024-6387HIGH 8.1EPSS 99.5%
CVE-2026-3012HIGH 8.0EPSS 0.2%
CVE-2024-1488HIGH 8.0EPSS 0.3%
CVE-2022-2625HIGH 8.0EPSS 2.0%
CVE-2026-6846HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.2%
CVE-2026-66758HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.3%
CVE-2026-59087HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.5%
CVE-2026-53145HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.1%
CVE-2026-53009HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.1%
CVE-2026-53000HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.1%
CVE-2026-50264HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.2%
CVE-2026-50261HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.2%
CVE-2026-50260HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.2%
CVE-2026-50259HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.2%
CVE-2026-50258HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.2%
CVE-2026-50257HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.2%

and 497 more

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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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