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Bugzilla #1777757 Certificate Misissuance

Apple: EV TLS pre-certificates issued without EKU extension

RESOLVED FIXED Apple Inc.
AI Summary

On July 1, 2022, Apple Public CA issued two EV TLS pre-certificates without an Extended Key Usage (EKU) extension, violating Baseline Requirements. The certificates were revoked shortly after issuance, and Apple identified a bug in their deployment process that led to this misconfiguration. A series of corrective actions were taken, including the implementation of a fix from their software vendor. The issue has since been resolved, and the CA continues to monitor for any further questions.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 15:13 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. Two EV TLS pre-certificates issued without EKU extension.
  2. Certificates revoked after identification of the issue.
  3. Production environment upgraded to include the fix for the bug.
Participants
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