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Bugzilla #1551362 Certificate Problem Report

Sectigo: "Some-State" in stateOrProvinceName

RESOLVED FIXED Sectigo
AI Summary

Sectigo was reported for issuing certificates containing the placeholder 'Some-State' in the stateOrProvinceName field, which was not validated according to the Baseline Requirements. The issue was identified after a report was made on May 11, 2019, leading to the revocation of 78 certificates. Although most were revoked promptly, three certificates remained unrevoked for a period due to administrative errors. Sectigo has since implemented measures to prevent similar issues in the future, including a new incident response playbook and a tracking system for revocations.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 18:12 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. Initial report received regarding misissued certificates.
  2. Revocation process started for identified certificates.
  3. All identified certificates were revoked.
Participants
Wayne Thayer Robin Alden Ryan Sleevi Alex Cohn
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