DigiCert to Revoke 83,000+ SSL Certificates Due to Domain Validation Oversight

July 31, 2024 at 10:28AM DigiCert will revoke SSL/TLS certificates due to an oversight in domain verification. The issue occurred when a random value was not prefixed with an underscore character, leading to improper domain control validation. Approximately 0.4% of certificates are affected, prompting impacted customers to replace their certificates. The incident may cause temporary … Read more

DigiCert gives unlucky folks 24 hours to replace doomed certificates after code blunder

July 30, 2024 at 09:41PM DigiCert has identified a 5-year-old software error in its backend, prompting the revocation of SSL/TLS certificates for about 0.4% of domains it validates. Customers must replace these certificates within 24 hours due to a bug in validation, whereby an underscore was not added to challenge values. DigiCert is reissuing certificates … Read more

DigiCert mass-revoking TLS certificates due to domain validation bug

July 30, 2024 at 11:08AM DigiCert is warning of mass-revoking SSL/TLS certificates due to a bug in domain verification, affecting around 0.4% of certificates issued between August 2019 and June 2024. The bug, involving the absence of an underscore in CNAME records, could lead to security risks. DigiCert has taken corrective actions and impacted customers … Read more