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Bugzilla #1944815 Certificate Problem Report

GlobalSign: Organization-validated SMIME certificate with invalid organizationIdentifier for European country

RESOLVED FIXED GlobalSign nv-sa
AI Summary

GlobalSign identified an issue with an organization-validated S/MIME certificate that contained an invalid Subject:organizationIdentifier structure, violating Baseline Requirements for S/MIME. The certificate was issued with an invalid NTR structure for Germany, leading to its revocation. A thorough review confirmed no other certificates were affected. Remedial actions included deploying technical restrictions in the vetting workflow and enhancing training for the vetting team to prevent future occurrences.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 21:38 UTC Confidence: 1.00
Chronology
  1. Certificate issued and post-linter notification sent to Compliance team.
  2. Compliance team confirms issue and initiates investigation.
  3. Revocation scheduled for affected certificate.
  4. Incident report completed and remedial actions initiated.
  5. All remedial actions completed and incident report closure requested.
Participants
Christophe Bonjean B. Wilson
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