CSC-18 passed

Ballot CSC-18: Update Revocation Requirements

Code Signing Certificate Working Group

Key dates

Effective date: 29 Jun 2023 2 years ago
Voting opened: 29 Jun 2023 2 years ago
IPR review ends: 29 Jun 2023 2 years ago
Discussion opened: 24 May 2023 3 years ago
Discussion closed: 23 Jun 2023 3 years ago

Resources

± Redline https://cabforum.org/uploads/Baseline-Requirements-for-the-Issuance-and-Management-of-Code-Signing.v3.1_redline.pdf here

✉ Mailing list https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/cscwg-public/2023-June/001009.html here

AI Summary

Generated 2026-06-23 21:26 UTC

Ballot overview

Ballot CSC-18, Update Revocation Requirements, is a Code Signing Certificate Working Group ballot.
The ballot updates the Code Signing Baseline Requirements, version 3.2, Section 4.9.1, Circumstances for revocation.
The stated purpose is to align revocation requirements with the TLS and S/MIME BRs and to set stricter requirements for revocation due to Private Key Compromise and use in Suspect Code.

Voting and review results

The ballot has PASSED.
The IPR review period ended on June 29, 2023.
No exclusion notices were filed.

Effective date

The final documents state an effective date of 2023-06-29.

What the ballot changes

It updates revocation requirements in the Code Signing Baseline Requirements.
The ballot text says the changes are intended to:
- align the Code Signing BRs with the TLS and S/MIME BRs
- set stricter revocation requirements for Private Key Compromise
- set stricter revocation requirements for use in Suspect Code
The ballot page says the motion was proposed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and endorsed by Ian McMillan of Microsoft and Bruce Morton of Entrust.

Model: gpt-5.4-mini Confidence: 0.98 Result: passed

Effective date: 2023-06-29
Voting opened: 2023-06-29
IPR review ends: 2023-06-29
Discussion opened: 2023-05-24
Discussion closed: 2023-06-23

Applicability and conditions

2023-06-29 — CAs must comply with the updated revocation requirements by this date All CAs covered by the final documents for this passed ballot

AI-generated from the CABF ballot page. The official CABF article remains the authoritative source.

Proposers

Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and endorsed by Ian McMillan of Microsoft and Bruce Morton of Entrust.

Excerpt

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