IdenTrust: Root OCSP Signer certificate mis-issuance
IdenTrust Services, LLC reported a mis-issuance of an OCSP signer certificate due to an incorrect Certificate Signing Request (CSR) being used. This incident was identified while investigating unauthorized OCSP responses related to another case. The mis-issuance resulted in invalid OCSP responses for the affected Root CA, but no other certificates were impacted. The root cause was traced to an ambiguous directory structure for CSR storage, which allowed the wrong CSR to be selected. Remediation measures, including the implementation of hash validation checks, have been completed to prevent future occurrences.
- OCSP Certificate created
- Issuance of cross-signed certificates
- Non-compliance identified
- Preliminary Incident Report disclosed
- Full Incident Report disclosed
- Validation checks for CSR signing completed
- Incident report closure expected