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Bugzilla #1575880 Certificate Problem Report

GlobalSign: SSL Certificates with US country code and invalid State/Prov

RESOLVED FIXED GlobalSign nv-sa
AI Summary

GlobalSign was notified of two SSL certificates containing invalid state information in the stateOrProvinceName field. Following a swift investigation, GlobalSign identified 31 certificates with similar issues and initiated revocation procedures. The certificates were revoked by August 28, 2019, and GlobalSign implemented additional flagging and review processes to prevent future occurrences. The company has committed to enhancing its validation procedures and has begun categorizing synonymous values for various jurisdictions to improve compliance.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 19:33 UTC Confidence: 0.95
Chronology
  1. GlobalSign notified of invalid state information in two SSL certificates.
  2. Certificates were revoked.
  3. All identified misissued certificates were revoked.
Participants
douglas.beattie@gmail.com ryan.sleevi@gmail.com wthayer@fastly.com eva.vansteenberge@globalsign.com
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