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Bugzilla #1353827 · Certificate Misissuance

DigiCert: DigiCert issued cert with CN too long

DigiCert · RESOLVED
AI Summary

DigiCert issued a certificate with a commonName (CN) that exceeded the RFC 5280 limit of 64 characters, resulting in a compliance issue. The incident was reported on the Mozilla dev security policy forum, prompting an investigation by DigiCert. They acknowledged the mistake, revoked the certificate, and implemented measures to prevent future occurrences. The case has since been resolved with the necessary corrections made to their systems.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 11:02 UTC Confidence: 0.95
Chronology
  1. Incident reported and investigation initiated
  2. Certificate revoked and system patched
Participants
Kathleen Wilson Jeremy Rowley Ryan Sleevi
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