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Bugzilla #1674561 Certificate Misissuance

Microsoft PKI Services: DV certificate issued with OV fields

RESOLVED FIXED Microsoft Corporation
AI Summary

A DV certificate was incorrectly issued with Organization Validation (OV) fields due to a failure in a seldom-used workflow at Microsoft PKI Services. The issue was reported on October 31, 2020, and involved three certificates that were subsequently revoked. Microsoft has since implemented manual checks and is working on automating pre-issuance checks to prevent future occurrences. The resolution included deploying ZLint for additional validation checks.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 21:13 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. Issue reported by george@fozzie.dev
  2. All impacted certificates revoked
  3. ZLint checking deployed for new subscriber certificate requests
Participants
George [:fozzie] Dustin Hollenback Ryan Sleevi Ben Wilson
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