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Why is a Venezuelan certificate appearing in Keychain Access?

While exploring Keychain Access logins in an effort to understand why Adobe Creative Cloud keeps nagging me for my Keychain password, stumbled upon this certificate:


Autoridad de Certificacion Raiz del Estado Venezolano

Root certificate authority

Expires: Tuesday, December 17, 2030 at 6:59:59 PM Eastern Standard Time

(green circle with check) This certificate is valid


What is it, and why does it appear when I search login for Adobe? Is it safe? Should I delete it?


Many thanks!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Aug 6, 2021 3:58 PM

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Posted on Aug 6, 2021 4:16 PM

Because it's part of the basic install of Mac OS.


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205204


explains the use of them in El Capitan, and it hasn't changed since. It is nothing to be remotely concerned about.

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Aug 6, 2021 4:30 PM in response to CreativeSmith

You’re likely searching for Adobe here, which is a partial match for Esado within the authority’s name.


Ask Adobe support about their product, and why it’s having issues accessing the Keychain.


That Keychain access issue is entirely unrelated to the list of trusted root certificates, and searching for Adobe in the list of certificates authorities won’t get you any further than searching for “Adobe” in an architectural magazine. Though both can have partial or even complete word matches for the string “Adobe”.


You’re digging in the wrong spot for an Adobe-related Keychain access problem.


Certificate background…


Here is the list of certificate authorities included by Apple:

Available trusted root certificates for Apple operating systems - Apple Support


There are a great many entities that have received approval to create certificates, across various authorities and various browser vendors. The Autoridad de Certificacion Raiz del Estado Venezolano is included by Apple in its list of trusted certificate authorities. The Autoridad de Certificacion Raiz del Estado Venezolano is a Venezuelan certificate authority, and that root certificate is found across a number of providers and products and browsers.


If you’re interested in this topic, country-level providers are fairly common in some areas, and here’s a list for those in Hispanoamérica (en Español): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Autoridades_de_certificación_por_pa%C3%ADs


With the now-mandatory-for-all-TLS certificates Certificate Transparency, creating sketchy certificates has gotten a little more difficult for all certificate providers.


But again, you have Creative Cloud, which likely means that you have some sort of Adobe support access , which means you’re best asking Adobe why they’re displaying a Keychain dialog.

Why is a Venezuelan certificate appearing in Keychain Access?

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