{
  "id": 16879455,
  "title": "Apple Blocks Compromised eMudhra Certificates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apple-blocks-compromised-emudhra-certificates",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T09:41:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/saeediphone/apple-blocks-compromised-emudhra-certificates-1g98"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple has taken action to revoke trust for eight intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates from eMudhra, citing weak private cryptographic keys. This move has automatically blocked the affected certificates in Safari, Mail, and Networking Frameworks on affected systems since October 19, 2026, without necessitating a system update. However, it's worth noting that macOS command-line utilities may still trust these certificates until a future macOS update is rolled out. For system administrators, a remediation step involves manually removing the compromised root CA certificates from the /etc/ssl/cert.pem directory until the official patch is released. Detailed instructions and specific certificate identifiers can be found in Apple's official support documentation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Lobsters",
        "title": "Apple's git still trusts the compromised eMudhra certificates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apples-git-still-trusts-the-compromised-emudhra-certificates",
        "published": "2026-10-28T11:03:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}