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Bugzilla #1798316 Certificate Problem Report

SwissSign: 'c/o' in streetAddress of EV certificate

RESOLVED FIXED SwissSign AG
AI Summary

SwissSign AG identified an issue with eight EV certificates containing a 'c/o' entry in the 'streetAddress' field, which violates EV guidelines. The problem was detected during an internal review on October 31, 2022. Following this, the CA initiated a mis-issued certificate process and revoked the affected certificates. Technical safeguards have since been implemented to prevent similar issues in the future.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 20:49 UTC Confidence: 0.95
Chronology
  1. Internal review detected 8 EV certificates with 'c/o' in streetAddress
  2. Remaining EV certificate revoked
  3. Technical safeguards implemented to check for forbidden words
Participants
Mike Guenther Mozilla
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