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USN-8944-1: ca

USN-8944-1: ca

Ubuntu • October 20, 2026

This update removes the "emSign ECC Root CA - G3" CA certificate due to intermediate CA certificates being compromised. In addition, in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, the ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.90 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

This update removes the "emSign ECC Root CA - G3" CA certificate due to intermediate CA certificates being compromised.

In addition, in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, the ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.90 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

This update removes the "emSign ECC Root CA - G3" CA certificate due to intermediate CA certificates being compromised. In addition, in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, the ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.90 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

This update removes the "emSign ECC Root CA - G3" CA certificate due to intermediate CA certificates being compromised.

In addition, in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, the ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.90 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

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