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Bugzilla #1710243 Certificate Misissuance

Sectigo: Invalid stateOrProvinceName

RESOLVED FIXED Sectigo
AI Summary

This case addresses the misissuance of certificates by Sectigo that included invalid stateOrProvinceName values, specifically 'Moldova' and 'Malta'. The issue was first reported on May 8, 2021, and Sectigo acknowledged the problem, stating that these values were not aligned with their new ISO 3166-2 based lookup table. Following community discussions and a review of their practices, Sectigo decided to revoke the affected certificates. The revocation of six certificates was completed by May 21, 2021, and the CA has since implemented measures to prevent similar misissuances in the future.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 20:58 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. Initial report of certificate with invalid stateOrProvinceName
  2. Additional certificates with invalid stateOrProvinceName reported
  3. Sectigo announces revocation of affected certificates
  4. Revocation of six certificates completed
Participants
Michel Le Bihan Rob Stradling Tim Callan George Fozzie Ryan Sleevi Ben Wilson
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