What does HRESULT 0x80094005 (CERTSRV_E_INVALID_CA_CERTIFICATE) mean?

 
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CERTSRV_E_INVALID_CA_CERTIFICATE

CERTSRV_E_INVALID_CA_CERTIFICATE The CA certificate contains invalid data for the Certification Authority role. This can block issuance because the CA cannot use its own signing identity safely.

What to check

  • Validate the CA certificate, its private key access, its validity period, and the CA chain before attempting request-level fixes.
  • Review recent CA certificate renewal, restore, migration, HSM, or key-container changes.
  • Treat this as a CA-level incident: do not continue issuing certificates until the CA identity and published chain are understood.

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