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Bugzilla #1576283 Certificate Problem Report

QuoVadis: N/A in EV serialNumber field

RESOLVED FIXED DarkMatter LLC
AI Summary

QuoVadis identified an issue where 32 certificates were issued with 'N/A' in the EV serialNumber field, affecting a government entity. The problem was reported by a security researcher, prompting QuoVadis to initiate a staggered revocation process due to the critical nature of the certificates involved. All affected certificates were successfully revoked by August 23, 2019. QuoVadis has since implemented measures to prevent similar issues in the future, including the introduction of filters for the EV serialNumber field.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 19:34 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. QuoVadis notified by a security researcher about the issue.
  2. All 32 certificates have been revoked.
  3. New filters for the EV serialNumber field implemented in production.
Participants
Stephen Davidson Wayne Thayer Ryan Sleevi
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