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Bugzilla #1653504 Certificate Problem Report

Sectigo: Certificates with RSA keys where modulus is not divisible by 8

RESOLVED FIXED Sectigo
AI Summary

Sectigo identified an issue with certificates issued using RSA keys where the modulus was not divisible by 8. This problem was first reported by Jeremy from Digicert on July 17, 2020, leading to the discovery of two additional non-compliant certificates. Sectigo promptly revoked these certificates and has since implemented measures to prevent future occurrences, including a formal peer review process for incident responses. The issue was resolved, and the status is now marked as fixed.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 20:58 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. Jeremy from Digicert reported certificates with non-compliant RSA key sizes.
  2. Sectigo identified and revoked two additional non-compliant certificates.
  3. Sectigo completed revocation of all identified non-compliant certificates.
Participants
Nick France Ryan Sleevi Rob Stradling
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