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Internal CA Certificate Expiring in 24 Hours

The organization's internal CA intermediate certificate expires tomorrow. All internal services using certificates signed by this CA will fail TLS validation.

Pattern
SSL_ERROR
Expected: CERTIFICATE_EXPIRY
Severity
HIGH
Confidence
64%
Remediation
Auto-Heal

Test Results

MetricExpectedActualResult
Pattern RecognitionCERTIFICATE_EXPIRYSSL_ERROR
Severity AssessmentCRITICALHIGH
Incident CorrelationN/ANone
Cascade EscalationN/ANo
RemediationAuto-Heal — Corax resolves autonomously

Scenario Conditions

Internal PKI with 3-tier hierarchy. Intermediate CA cert expires in 24 hours. 150+ services using certs signed by this CA. No automated renewal in place.

Injected Error Messages (1)

internal CA intermediate certificate expires in 24 hours — 150+ service certificates will become untrusted, certificate serial: 0x1A2B3C, issuer: Corp Root CA, subject: Corp Intermediate CA

Neural Engine Root Cause Analysis

SSL/TLS certificate error — certificate may be expired, self-signed, or chain incomplete.

Remediation Plan

Renew or replace the SSL certificate. Verify the full certificate chain is served correctly.

Improvements Applied

  • Pattern classified as SSL_ERROR (expected CERTIFICATE_EXPIRY)
  • Severity: HIGH (expected CRITICAL)
Tested: 2026-04-02Monitors: 1 | Incidents: 1Test ID: cmnhnoo5z000ylig772l94n78