# Chainguard FIPS enters 2026 with OpenSSL 3.1.2 and better CMVP visibility

DevFeed: [Chainguard FIPS enters 2026 with OpenSSL 3.1.2 and better CMVP visibility](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/chainguard-fips-enters-2026-with-openssl-3-1-2-and-better-cmvp-visibility-12944.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/chainguard-fips-enters-2026-with-openssl-3-1-2-and-better-cmvp-visibility>)

Published: 2026-01-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [Docker Hardened Images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-hardened-images.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy-and-abuse-prevention.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [chainguard-fips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-fips.md>), [cmvp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cmvp.md>), [cmvp-sboms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cmvp-sboms.md>), [fips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips.md>), [fips-140-3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips-140-3.md>), [fips-compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips-compliance.md>), [fips-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips-containers.md>), [fips-validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips-validation.md>), [openssl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openssl.md>), [sboms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sboms.md>), [validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/validation.md>)

## AI overview

Chainguard updates its FIPS container images to use the Chainguard FIPS provider for OpenSSL 3.1.2, identified by CMVP certificate #5102. The images now expose CMVP and entropy certification numbers through SBOM packages, while future OpenSSL 3.4 and 3.6 upgrades remain under coordination and review with NIST.

## Source excerpt

We updated our FIPS container images with OpenSSL 3.1.2 (CMVP #5102), clearer CMVP visibility in SBOMs, and a roadmap for upcoming FIPS 140-3 cryptography.