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Bugzilla #1462797 Certificate Misissuance

E-Tugra: Improper DER results in failure to comply with RFC 5280 - Invalid characters in PrintableString

RESOLVED FIXED e-tugra
AI Summary

E-Tugra faced a certificate misissuance issue where a certificate contained an invalid character (underscore) in the serialNumber field, violating RFC 5280. The CA acknowledged the problem and initiated a revocation process for the affected certificate. They conducted a thorough review of their certificate issuance process, implemented new controls, and confirmed that no additional certificates with similar issues were found. The incident report was submitted, detailing the steps taken to prevent future occurrences.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 17:49 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. Initial report of the issue by Ryan Sleevi.
  2. E-Tugra provided a detailed incident report outlining their response.
  3. E-Tugra confirmed that all identified issues were resolved and new controls were implemented.
Participants
Ryan Sleevi Davut Tokgöz W. Thayer
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