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Certification Report
Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9 with IMM Fabric 4.3
UCS X-Series Servers and UCS C-Series Servers
Sponsor and developer: Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
95134 San Jose, CA
USA
Evaluation facility: SGS Brightsight B.V.
Brassersplein 2
2612 CT Delft
The Netherlands
Report number: NSCIB-CC-2400020-01-CR
Report version: 1
Project number: NSCIB-2400020-01
Author(s): Andy Brown
Date: 16 March 2025
Number of pages: 12
Number of appendices: 0
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CONTENTS
Foreword 3
Recognition of the Certificate 4
International recognition 4
European recognition 4
1 Executive Summary 5
2 Certification Results 6
2.1 Identification of Target of Evaluation 6
2.2 Security Policy 6
2.3 Assumptions and Clarification of Scope 7
2.3.1 Assumptions 7
2.3.2 Clarification of scope 7
2.4 Architectural Information 7
2.5 Documentation 8
2.6 IT Product Testing 8
2.6.1 Testing approach and depth 8
2.6.2 Independent penetration testing 9
2.6.3 Test configuration 9
2.6.4 Test results 9
2.7 Reused Evaluation Results 9
2.8 Evaluated Configuration 9
2.9 Evaluation Results 9
2.10 Comments/Recommendations 10
3 Security Target 11
4 Definitions 11
5 Bibliography 12
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Foreword
The Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the Area of IT Security (NSCIB) provides a third-party
evaluation and certification service for determining the trustworthiness of Information Technology (IT)
security products. Under this NSCIB, TrustCB B.V. has the task of issuing certificates for IT security
products, as well as for protection profiles and sites.
Part of the procedure is the technical examination (evaluation) of the product, protection profile or site
according to the Common Criteria assessment guidelines published by the NSCIB. Evaluations are
performed by an IT Security Evaluation Facility (ITSEF) under the oversight of the NSCIB Certification
Body, which is operated by TrustCB B.V. in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom
Relations.
An ITSEF in the Netherlands is a commercial facility that has been licensed by TrustCB B.V. to
perform Common Criteria evaluations; a significant requirement for such a licence is accreditation to
the requirements of ISO Standard 17025 “General requirements for the accreditation of calibration and
testing laboratories”.
By awarding a Common Criteria certificate, TrustCB B.V. asserts that the product or site complies with
the security requirements specified in the associated (site) security target, or that the protection profile
(PP) complies with the requirements for PP evaluation specified in the Common Criteria for
Information Security Evaluation. A (site) security target is a requirements specification document that
defines the scope of the evaluation activities.
The consumer should review the (site) security target or protection profile, in addition to this
certification report, to gain an understanding of any assumptions made during the evaluation, the IT
product's intended environment, its security requirements, and the level of confidence (i.e., the
evaluation assurance level) that the product or site satisfies the security requirements stated in the
(site) security target.
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Recognition of the Certificate
Presence of the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) and the SOG-IS logos on the
certificate indicates that this certificate is issued in accordance with the provisions of the CCRA and
the SOG-IS Mutual Recognition Agreement (SOG-IS MRA) and will be recognised by the participating
nations.
International recognition
The CCRA was signed by the Netherlands in May 2000 and provides mutual recognition of certificates
based on the Common Criteria (CC). Since September 2014 the CCRA has been updated to provide
mutual recognition of certificates based on cPPs (exact use) or STs with evaluation assurance
components up to and including EAL2+ALC_FLR.
For details of the current list of signatory nations and approved certification schemes, see
http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org.
European recognition
The SOG-IS MRA Version 3, effective since April 2010, provides mutual recognition in Europe of
Common Criteria and ITSEC certificates at a basic evaluation level for all products. A higher
recognition level for evaluation levels beyond EAL4 (respectively E3-basic) is provided for products
related to specific technical domains. This agreement was signed initially by Finland, France,
Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Italy joined the SOG-IS
MRA in December 2010.
For details of the current list of signatory nations, approved certification schemes and the list of
technical domains for which the higher recognition applies, see https://www.sogis.eu.
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1 Executive Summary
This Certification Report states the outcome of the Common Criteria security evaluation of the Cisco
Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9 with IMM Fabric 4.3 UCS X-Series Servers and UCS C-Series
Servers. The developer of the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9 with IMM Fabric 4.3 UCS X-
Series Servers and UCS C-Series Servers is Cisco Systems, Inc. located in San Jose, USA and they
also act as the sponsor of the evaluation and certification. A Certification Report is intended to assist
prospective consumers when judging the suitability of the IT security properties of the product for their
particular requirements.
The TOE is a network device that The TOE consists of hardware and software components that
support Cisco's unified fabric, which carries multiple types of datacenter traffic over a dedicated fabric
hardware (in the form of stand-alone appliances, chassis-integrated modules, and converged network
adapters). Cisco Intersight provides a role-based access control (RBAC) policy to control the
separation of administrative duties and provide a security log of all changes made.
The TOE has been evaluated by SGS Brightsight B.V. located in Delft, The Netherlands. The
evaluation was completed on 16 March 2025 with the approval of the ETR. The certification procedure
has been conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Netherlands Scheme for Certification in
the Area of IT Security [NSCIB].
The scope of the evaluation is defined by the security target [ST], which identifies assumptions made
during the evaluation, the intended environment for the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9 with
IMM Fabric 4.3 UCS X-Series Servers and UCS C-Series Servers, the security requirements, and the
level of confidence (evaluation assurance level) at which the product is intended to satisfy the security
requirements. Consumers of the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9 with IMM Fabric 4.3 UCS X-
Series Servers and UCS C-Series Servers are advised to verify that their own environment is
consistent with the security target, and to give due consideration to the comments, observations and
recommendations in this certification report.
The results documented in the evaluation technical report [ETR] 1 for this product provide sufficient
evidence that the TOE meets the EAL2 augmented (EAL2+) assurance requirements for the evaluated
security functionality. This assurance level is augmented with ALC_FLR.2 (Flaw reporting procedures).
The evaluation was conducted using the Common Methodology for Information Technology Security
Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision 5 [CEM] for conformance to the Common Criteria for Information
Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision 5 [CC] (Parts I, II and III).
TrustCB B.V., as the NSCIB Certification Body, declares that the evaluation meets all the conditions
for international recognition of Common Criteria Certificates and that the product will be listed on the
NSCIB Certified Products list. Note that the certification results apply only to the specific version of the
product as evaluated.
1 The Evaluation Technical Report contains information proprietary to the developer and/or the
evaluator, and is not available for public review.
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2 Certification Results
2.1 Identification of Target of Evaluation
The Target of Evaluation (TOE) for this evaluation is the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9 with
IMM Fabric 4.3 UCS X-Series Servers and UCS C-Series Servers from Cisco Systems, Inc. located in
San Jose, USA.
The TOE is comprised of the following main components:
Delivery item
type
Identifier Version
Hardware
Cisco UCS X-Series:
Chassis: UCSX-9508
M6 Compute Nodes (servers): UCSX-210C-M6
VIC in M6 compute nodes: UCSX-V4-Q25GME, UCSX-V4-
PCIME, or UCSX-V4-PCIME
M7 Compute Nodes (servers): UCSX-210C-M7, UCSX-410C-M7
VIC in M7 compute nodes: UCSX-ME-V5Q50G-D, UCSX-ML-
V5Q50G-D, UCSX-ML-V5D200G-D, or UCSX-V4-PCIME
Cisco UCS C-Series Servers and Virtual Interface Cards (VIC):
M6 Servers: UCSC-C220-M6, UCSC-C225-M6, UCSC-C240-
M6, UCSC-C245-M6
VIC for M6 C-Series servers: UCSC-PCIE-C25Q-04, UCSC-
PCIE-C100-04, UCSC-P-V5Q50G, UCSC-P-V5D200G, UCSC-
M-V25-04, UCSC-M-V5Q50G, UCSC-M-V100-04, UCSC-M-
V5D200G
M7 Servers1: UCSC-C220-M7, UCSC-C240-M7
VIC for M7 C-Series servers: Same as for M6 C-Series servers.
Cisco Fabric Interconnect (FI):
UCS-FI-6454, UCS-FI-64108, and/or UCS-FI-6536
Cisco Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFM):
For M6 compute nodes: UCSX-I-9108-25G, UCSX-I-9108-100G
For M7 compute nodes: UCSX-I-9108-25G-D, UCSX-I-9108-
100G-D
N/A
Software
Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance (PVA) 1.0.9-677
Cisco Intersight Managed Mode (IMM)
4.3(4.240074)
Cisco UCS C-Series Server Firmware
4.3(4.240152)
Cisco UCS X-Series Server Firmware 5.2(0.230127)
To ensure secure usage a set of guidance documents is provided, together with the Cisco Intersight
Virtual Appliance 1.0.9 with IMM Fabric 4.3 UCS X-Series Servers and UCS C-Series Servers. For
details, see section 2.5 “Documentation” of this report.
2.2 Security Policy
The major security features provided by the TOE are summarized as follows:
Cisco Intersight stores audit information to assist the administrator in monitoring the security state of
the TOE as well as troubleshooting various problems that arise throughout the operation of the
system. Intersight may be configured to send records to an external syslog server. The remote audit
server is outside the TOE boundary. The TOE provides the ability to audit the actions taken by
authorized administrators. Audited events include start-up and shutdown, configuration changes,
administrative authentication, and administrative log-off. The TOE provides the capability for
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authorized administrators to review the audit records stored within the TOE.
VLANs enable efficient traffic separation, provide better bandwidth utilization, and alleviate scaling
issues by logically segmenting the physical local-area network (LAN) infrastructure into different
subnets so that Ethernet frames are presented to interfaces within the same VLAN.
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a method of restricting or authorizing system access for users
based on user roles and Organizations. A role defines the privileges of a user in the system and the
Organization defines the domains that a user is allowed access. Because users are not directly
assigned privileges, management of individual user privileges is simply a matter of assigning the
appropriate roles and Organizations.
The TOE supports two methods of authenticating administrator logins to Intersight: a local user
database; or a remote authentication server accessed either via LDAPS. Remote authentication may
be used to centralize user account management to an external authentication server. The system has
a default user account, “admin”, which cannot be modified or deleted. This account is the system
administrator account and has full privileges. Each local user account must have a unique username
that does not start with a number.
The TOE can be managed via Intersight via graphical user interface (over TLSv1.2 or TLSv1.3), or
command line (over SSHv2) or via virtual console to access Intersight via ESXi). Any of these
administrative interfaces can be used in the evaluated configuration of the TOE. For all management
channels, users have a default read-only authorization to access non-sensitive management objects
(keys and passwords are never exposed to an external management interface). Additional user
privileges each grant access to modify specific management objects. An administrator can use the
Intersight GUI to perform management tasks for all physical and virtual devices within the TOE.
The TOE internally maintains the date and time. This date and time is used as the timestamp that is
applied to audit records generated by the TOE and in validating service requests.
The TOE allows trusted paths to be established to itself from remote administrators over for CLI
access (SSH) or HTTPS for web UI access.
2.3 Assumptions and Clarification of Scope
2.3.1 Assumptions
The assumptions defined in the Security Target are not covered by the TOE itself. These aspects lead
to specific Security Objectives to be fulfilled by the TOE-Environment. For detailed information on the
security objectives that must be fulfilled by the TOE environment, see section 3.1 of the [ST].
2.3.2 Clarification of scope
The evaluation did not reveal any threats to the TOE that are not countered by the evaluated security
functions of the product.
2.4 Architectural Information
The TOE, Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance with IMM Fabric and UCS Servers, hereafter referred to
as Cisco Intersight, is a unified computing solution, which provides access layer networking and
servers.
The logical architecture can be depicted as follows:
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Figure 1 TOE Architecture
2.5 Documentation
The following documentation is provided with the product by the developer to the customer:
Identifier Version
Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance with IMM Fabric and UCS Servers
Common Criteria Operational User Guidance and Preparative
Procedures,
V0.7
2.6 IT Product Testing
Testing (depth, coverage, functional tests, independent testing): The evaluators examined the
developer’s testing activities documentation and verified that the developer has met their testing
responsibilities.
2.6.1 Testing approach and depth
The developer performed 13 tests, each of which tests an important security feature, and mapped to
the relevant SFRs. Test is considered a “pass” if the actual results match the expected results.
The security mechanisms that aren’t covered by the developer tests are covered through independent
testing:
• Verify preparative procedures to confirm that the TOE can be prepared securely for operation
• Verify account protection
• Verify whether the log may leak sensitive information such as password
• Verify the LDAPS functionality
• Perform public domain vulnerability scan and verify no additional ports open
• Verify no access during TOE initialization process
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• Verify the REST API authentication
In addition to the developer tests, the evaluator derived and executed 6 additional functional tests.
2.6.2 Independent penetration testing
To identify potential vulnerabilities the evaluator performed the following activities:
• SFR design analysis: SFR implementation details were examined in the SFR design analysis.
During this examination several potential vulnerabilities were identified.
• CWE vulnerability focus: Using the CWE weaknesses collection, the evaluator collected a list
of security questions and related answers. This approach ensured that the evaluator was
forced to think in terms of vulnerabilities from all different angles and improved completeness
in the vulnerability analysis. Also, during this examination several potential vulnerabilities were
identified.
• Use of Scanning tools: The evaluator runs vulnerability scanning tools to identify potential
vulnerabilities
• Public vulnerability search: Several additional potential vulnerabilities were identified during a
search in the public domain.
The total test effort expended by the evaluators was 13.125 person-week. During that test campaign,
all of the total time was spent on logical tests.
2.6.3 Test configuration
The following TOE components were used in the test setup:
• Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance (PVA) v1.0.9-677 (running on UCS C220 M7S)
• Fabric Interconnect UCS-FI-6464 with IMM 4.3 (4.240074)
• UCS C220 M6N v4.3(4.240152)
2.6.4 Test results
The testing activities, including configurations, procedures, test cases, expected results and observed
results are summarised in the [ETR], with references to the documents containing the full details.
The developer’s tests and the independent functional tests produced the expected results, giving
assurance that the TOE behaves as specified in its [ST] and functional specification.
No exploitable vulnerabilities were found with the independent penetration tests.
2.7 Reused Evaluation Results
There is no reuse of evaluation results in this certification.
2.8 Evaluated Configuration
The TOE is defined uniquely by its name and version number Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9
with IMM Fabric 4.3 UCS X-Series Servers and UCS C-Series Servers.
2.9 Evaluation Results
The evaluation lab documented their evaluation results in the [ETR], which references an ASE
Intermediate Report and other evaluator documents.
The verdict of each claimed assurance requirement is “Pass”.
Based on the above evaluation results the evaluation lab concluded the Cisco Intersight Virtual
Appliance 1.0.9 with IMM Fabric 4.3 UCS X-Series Servers and UCS C-Series Servers, to be CC Part
2, CC Part 3 conformant, and to meet the requirements of EAL 2 augmented with ALC_FLR.2. This
implies that the product satisfies the security requirements specified in Security Target [ST].
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2.10 Comments/Recommendations
The user guidance as outlined in section 2.5 “Documentation” contains necessary information about
the usage of the TOE. Certain aspects of the TOE’s security functionality, in particular the
countermeasures against attacks, depend on accurate conformance to the user guidance of both the
software and the hardware part of the TOE. There are no particular obligations or recommendations
for the user apart from following the user guidance. Please note that the documents contain relevant
details concerning the resistance against certain attacks.
In addition, all aspects of assumptions, threats and policies as outlined in the Security Target not
covered by the TOE itself must be fulfilled by the operational environment of the TOE.
The customer or user of the product shall consider the results of the certification within his system risk
management process. For the evolution of attack methods and techniques to be covered, the
customer should define the period of time until a re-assessment for the TOE is required and thus
requested from the sponsor of the certificate.
The strength of the cryptographic algorithms and protocols was not rated in the course of this
evaluation. This specifically applies to the following proprietary or non-standard algorithms, protocols
and implementations: None.
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3 Security Target
The Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance with IMM Fabric and UCS Servers Security Target, Version
0.12, 10 February 2025 [ST] is included here by reference.
4 Definitions
This list of acronyms and definitions contains elements that are not already defined by the CC or CEM:
IT Information Technology
ITSEF IT Security Evaluation Facility
JIL Joint Interpretation Library
NSCIB Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the area of IT Security
PP Protection Profile
TOE Target of Evaluation
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5 Bibliography
This section lists all referenced documentation used as source material in the compilation of this
report.
[CC] Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Parts I, II and
III, Version 3.1 Revision 5, April 2017
[CEM] Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation,
Version 3.1 Revision 5, April 2017
[ETR] Evaluation Technical Report “Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9 with IMM
Fabric 4.3 and UCS X-Series and UCS C-Series Server” – EAL2+, 24-RPT-
509, version 3.0, 10 March 2025.
[NSCIB] Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the Area of IT Security, Version 2.6,
02 August 2022
[ST] Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance with IMM Fabric and UCS Servers Security
Target, Version 0.12, 10 February 2025
(This is the end of this report.)