WatchGuard Firebox M4800 and M5800
WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. - FIPS 140 #5240
WatchGuard® Firebox appliances are built for enterprise-grade performance with blazing throughput and numerous connectivity options. Advanced networking features include clustering, high availability (active/active), VLAN support, multi-WAN load balancing and enhanced VoIP security, plus inbound and outbound HTTPS inspection, to give the strong security enterprises need. And the Firebox appliances are completely configurable – turn on or off components and services to fit different network security deployment requirements.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 5240
- Standard
- FIPS 140-3
- Security level
- Level 2
- Status
- active
- Vendor
- WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- MultiChipStand
- Lab
- Gossamer Security Solutions
- First validated
- April 13, 2026
- Sunset date
- April 12, 2031
- Caveat
- When operated in approved mode. When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section Secure Operation in Section 11 of the Security Policy. The tamper evident seals installed as indicated in the Security Policy
Algorithms
- AES-CBC
- AES-CTR
- AES-GCM
- Counter DRBG
- ECDSA KeyGen (FIPS186-5)
- ECDSA SigGen (FIPS186-5)
- ECDSA SigVer (FIPS186-5)
- HMAC-SHA-1
- HMAC-SHA2-256
- HMAC-SHA2-384
- HMAC-SHA2-512
- KAS-ECC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3
- KAS-FFC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3
- KDF IKEv1
- KDF IKEv2
- KDF SSHA4397
- RSA KeyGen (FIPS186-5)
- RSA SigGen (FIPS186-5)
- RSA SigVer (FIPS186-5)
- Safe Primes Key Generation
- SHA-1
- SHA2-256
- SHA2-384
- SHA2-512
- TLS v1.2 KDF RFC7627
- TLS v1.3 KDF
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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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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