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Bugzilla #1723263 Certificate Misissuance

Sectigo: IP Address Domain Validation Failure

RESOLVED INVALID Sectigo
AI Summary

This case involves a report of mis-issued certificates by Sectigo due to BGP hijacking. The reporter demonstrated that by hijacking an IP prefix, they were able to obtain certificates for those IPs without legitimate ownership. While the discussion highlighted the potential for mis-issuance, it was concluded that this issue is not unique to Sectigo, as BGP hijacking poses a broader risk to both IP address and DNS validation methods. The case was ultimately marked as resolved with an invalid status, indicating that the concerns raised were acknowledged but not deemed a compliance incident.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 20:57 UTC Confidence: 0.80
Chronology
  1. Initial report of mis-issued certificates due to BGP hijacking.
  2. Further investigation revealed additional successful certificate issuances.
  3. Discussion concluded with the case being marked as resolved/invalid.
Participants
Charles Wang Tim Callan Ryan Sleevi Andrew Ayer
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