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DigiCert Global Root G2

DigiCert Global Root G2 is a root CA certificate operated by DigiCert (RSA 2048, valid until 2038-01-15, SHA-256 CB3CCBB7). As of the latest CCADB data it is trusted for TLS server authentication by 4 of 4 major root stores: Chrome, Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft.

Data updated Nov 10, 2026

Root store status

Root store	Status	Trusted for TLS	Distrust for TLS after	Constrained
Chrome	Included Included	Yes	2027-09-14	Yes
Mozilla	Included Included	Yes	—	No
Apple	Included Included	Yes	—	No
Microsoft	Included Included	Yes	—	Yes

Chrome stops trusting TLS certificates under this root whose SCTs are dated after 2027-09-14 (sct_not_after). Mozilla treats it as an EV root for policy OID 2.16.840.1.114412.2.1.

Included Chrome

Status: Included
Distrust for TLS after: 2027-09-14

Included Mozilla

Status: Included
Trust bits: Websites
EV policy OIDs: 2.16.840.1.114412.2.1
First included in: NSS 3.16.3 / Firefox 32
Inclusion bug: #908827

Included Apple

Status: Included
Trust bits: serverAuth, clientAuth, emailProtection

Included Microsoft

Status: Included
Trusted EKUs: Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Code Signing, Secure Email, Time Stamping
Not-before cutoff: 2021-08-01 (Code Signing)

"Trusted for TLS" means the store includes the root with the server-authentication trust bit (Mozilla "Websites", Apple serverAuth, Microsoft Server Authentication EKU). Microsoft "NotBefore" means only certificates issued before a cutoff date are still trusted. "Constrained" means the store applies extra restrictions.

Details

CA owner: DigiCert
Subject: CN=DigiCert Global Root G2,OU=www.digicert.com,O=DigiCert Inc,C=US
SHA-256: CB3CCBB76031E5E0138F8DD39A23F9DE47FFC35E43C1144CEA27D46A5AB1CB5F
SHA-1 (Windows thumbprint): DF3C24F9BFD666761B268073FE06D1CC8D4F82A4
SPKI SHA-256: 8BB593A93BE1D0E8A822BB887C547890C3E706AAD2DAB76254F97FB36B82FC26
Valid from: 2013-08-01
Expires: 2038-01-15
Key: RSA 2048
Signature algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
Serial number: 33AF1E6A711A9A0BB2864B11D09FAE5
Country: US
Trust bits (CCADB): Server Authentication, Client Authentication, Secure Email, Time Stamping
EV policy OIDs (CCADB): 2.16.840.1.114412.2.1, 2.23.140.1.1, 2.23.140.1.3 · TLS EV capable: Yes
Test websites: valid: https://global-root-g2.chain-demos.digicert.com · expired: https://global-root-g2-expired.chain-demos.digicert.com · revoked: https://global-root-g2-revoked.chain-demos.digicert.com
CCADB record: A000118
PEM: digicert-global-root-g2.pem

Look up this certificate on crt.sh

Intermediate CAs issued by this root

The CCADB lists 100 intermediate CA certificates signed directly by DigiCert Global Root G2: 57 currently valid, 12 expired and 31 revoked (revoked includes those whose parent was revoked).

Showing 20 of 100: valid certificates first, newest first. Each name links to its crt.sh entry by SHA-256; an arrow marks a cross-certificate for another root on this site.

Intermediate	Operated by	Expires	Status
Aliyun RSA TLS OV G1	DigiCert	2030-12-02	Valid
Aliyun RSA TLS DV G1	DigiCert	2030-12-02	Valid
Microsoft TLS RSA Root G2	Microsoft Corporation	2029-06-19	Valid
Apple Public EV Server RSA CA 4 - G1	Apple Inc.	2030-04-10	Valid
Abion Intermediate CA	DigiCert	2035-02-18	Valid
DNSPod DV TLS RSA CA 2025	DigiCert	2035-01-07	Valid
TrustAsia DV TLS RSA CA 2025	DigiCert	2035-01-07	Valid
TrustAsia TLS Pro RSA CA 2025	DigiCert	2035-01-07	Valid
DNSPod TLS RSA CA 2025	DigiCert	2035-01-07	Valid
Verokey Verified Business SHA256	DigiCert	2034-07-23	Valid
Verokey High Assurance Verified Business SHA256	DigiCert	2034-07-23	Valid
Cloudflare Inc RSA CA-3	DigiCert	2029-07-09	Valid
PerfectSSL	DigiCert	2034-04-16	Valid
GandiCert	DigiCert	2034-04-16	Valid
CrowdStrike Federal EV RSA CA G1	DigiCert	2033-08-14	Valid
GeoTrust Global G2 TLS EUR RSA4096 SHA384 2023 CA1	DigiCert	2033-06-13	Valid
Vitalwerks Internet Solutions, No-IP TLS ICA	DigiCert	2033-02-22	Valid
DigiCert Basic OV G2 TLS CN RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1	DigiCert	2032-12-14	Valid
DigiCert Secure Site Pro EV G2 TLS CN RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1	DigiCert	2032-12-14	Valid
DigiCert Secure Site EV G2 TLS CN RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1	DigiCert	2032-12-14	Valid

Cross-signed versions

7 certificate(s) in the CCADB have the same subject and public key as DigiCert Global Root G2 but a different issuer. A server can send one of them so that clients which trust the issuing root, but not DigiCert Global Root G2, can still build a chain.

Signed by	CA owner	Expires	Status
VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5 crt.sh	DigiCert	2028-04-02	Valid
VeriSign Universal Root Certification Authority crt.sh	DigiCert	2031-03-03	Valid
DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA crt.sh	DigiCert	2031-11-08	Valid
DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA crt.sh	DigiCert	2031-11-08	Valid
DigiCert Global Root CA crt.sh	DigiCert	2031-11-09	Valid
DigiCert Global Root CA crt.sh	DigiCert	2031-11-09	Valid
VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5 crt.sh	DigiCert	2022-11-05	Expired

CRL and OCSP addresses

In the root certificate

DigiCert Global Root G2 itself contains no CRL Distribution Points and no OCSP (Authority Information Access) extension. That is normal for a root: clients trust it directly and do not check its own revocation status.

Full CRL this CA publishes (CCADB)

http://crl3.digicert.com/DigiCertGlobalRootG2.crl
http://crl4.digicert.com/DigiCertGlobalRootG2.crl
http://crl.digicert.cn/DigiCertGlobalRootG2.crl

Used by the intermediates it issued

Addresses found in the CRL Distribution Points and OCSP fields of the 57 valid intermediates signed by DigiCert Global Root G2; the number in brackets is how many of them use each address.

CRL: http://crl3.digicert.com/DigiCertGlobalRootG2.crl (44)
CRL: http://crl.digicert.cn/DigiCertGlobalRootG2.crl (13)
CRL: http://crl4.digicert.com/DigiCertGlobalRootG2.crl (7)
OCSP: http://ocsp.digicert.com (44)
OCSP: http://ocsp.digicert.cn (13)

What happens when it expires

DigiCert Global Root G2 is valid until 2038-01-15, about 11.2 years after this data snapshot (2026-11-10). From that day, browsers and operating systems that check trust-anchor expiry stop accepting chains that end at this root, so any certificate that can only chain to it fails validation. Android is a known exception: it does not enforce the expiry date of trust anchors. Root programs can stop trusting it before it expires: Chrome 2027-09-14.

Check whether your device trusts it

Each platform keeps its own root store. The commands below look up DigiCert Global Root G2 by common name (DigiCert Global Root G2) or fingerprint. The store status in each heading comes from the CCADB snapshot; your device can differ if it is out of date or managed by an administrator.

macOS (Apple store: Included · Trusted for TLS)

Search the system roots keychain by common name. -Z prints the SHA-256 hash, which must match the fingerprint on the last line.

security find-certificate -a -c "DigiCert Global Root G2" -Z \
  /System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain | grep "SHA-256"
# SHA-256 hash: CB3CCBB76031E5E0138F8DD39A23F9DE47FFC35E43C1144CEA27D46A5AB1CB5F

Windows (Microsoft store: Included · Trusted for TLS)

Windows identifies roots by SHA-1 thumbprint. It installs third-party roots on demand through Automatic Root Certificates Update, so "not found" can also mean the root has not been needed yet; certutil -generateSSTFromWU roots.sst downloads Microsoft's full list.

certutil -verifystore Root DF3C24F9BFD666761B268073FE06D1CC8D4F82A4

Linux (ca-certificates follows Mozilla: Included · Trusted for TLS)

Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and RHEL build their ca-certificates package from Mozilla's root store. Use trust list on p11-kit systems, or search the PEM bundle on Debian and Ubuntu.

# Fedora / RHEL / Arch (p11-kit)
trust list --filter=ca-anchors | grep -iF -A2 "DigiCert Global Root G2"
# Debian / Ubuntu (ca-certificates)
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
  | openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -noout | grep -iF "DigiCert Global Root G2"

Java

Java ships its own cacerts keystore; JDK 9 and later accept -cacerts and the default store password is changeit. Search for the SHA-256 fingerprint in colon form.

keytool -list -cacerts -storepass changeit | grep -i "CB:3C:CB:B7:60:31:E5:E0:13:8F:8D:D3:9A:23:F9:DE:47:FF:C3:5E:43:C1:14:4C:EA:27:D4:6A:5A:B1:CB:5F"

Android

Android's system store is maintained by Google separately from the four CCADB stores above. Open Settings → Security & privacy → More security settings → Encryption & credentials → Trusted credentials → System (menu names vary by vendor and version) and look for DigiCert Inc → DigiCert Global Root G2.

Which root does my site chain to?

List the chain your server sends and compare the last issuer with this root; the fingerprint check confirms a local copy.

Download PEM

# show subject (s:) and issuer (i:) of every certificate the server sends
openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 -servername example.com -showcerts </dev/null 2>/dev/null \
  | grep -E '^ *[0-9]+ s:|^ *i:'
# subject and SHA-256 fingerprint of the downloaded PEM file
openssl x509 -in digicert-global-root-g2.pem -noout -subject -fingerprint -sha256
# sha256 Fingerprint=CB:3C:CB:B7:60:31:E5:E0:13:8F:8D:D3:9A:23:F9:DE:47:FF:C3:5E:43:C1:14:4C:EA:27:D4:6A:5A:B1:CB:5F

FAQ

Is DigiCert Global Root G2 trusted by Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Windows?

Yes. As of 2026-11-10, Chrome, Mozilla (Firefox), Apple (Safari) and Microsoft (Windows) all trust it for TLS server authentication. Distrust-after dates already set: Chrome 2027-09-14.

When does DigiCert Global Root G2 expire?

On 2038-01-15, about 11.2 years after the 2026-11-10 data snapshot.

How many intermediate certificates has DigiCert Global Root G2 issued?

The CCADB lists 100: 57 valid, 12 expired and 31 revoked. The newest valid one is Aliyun RSA TLS OV G1, valid until 2030-12-02.

Is DigiCert Global Root G2 cross-signed?

Yes. The CCADB has 7 cross-certificate(s) with its subject and key, signed by VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5, VeriSign Universal Root Certification Authority, DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA, DigiCert Global Root CA; 6 of them are still valid.

Other roots from DigiCert

DigiCert Assured ID Root CA RSA 2048 · 2031-11-10
DigiCert Assured ID Root G2 RSA 2048 · 2038-01-15
DigiCert Assured ID Root G3 ECDSA P-384 · 2038-01-15
DigiCert ECC P384 Root G5 ECDSA P-384 · 2046-01-14
DigiCert Global Root CA RSA 2048 · 2031-11-10
DigiCert Global Root G3 ECDSA P-384 · 2038-01-15
DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA RSA 2048 · 2031-11-10
DigiCert RSA4096 Root G5 RSA 4096 · 2046-01-14
DigiCert TLS ECC P384 Root G5 ECDSA P-384 · 2046-01-14
DigiCert TLS RSA4096 Root G5 RSA 4096 · 2046-01-14
DigiCert Trusted Root G4 RSA 4096 · 2038-01-15
QuoVadis Root CA 1 G3 RSA 4096 · 2042-01-12
QuoVadis Root CA 2 RSA 4096 · 2031-11-24
QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3 RSA 4096 · 2042-01-12
QuoVadis Root CA 3 RSA 4096 · 2031-11-24
QuoVadis Root CA 3 G3 RSA 4096 · 2042-01-12
QuoVadis TLS ECC P384 Root G4 ECDSA P-384 · 2048-03-09
QuoVadis TLS RSA 4096 Root G4 RSA 4096 · 2048-03-09
Verizon Global Root CA RSA 2048 · 2034-07-30

Sources

CCADB — Resources (TLS Server Authentication report, All Included Root Certificate Trust Bit Settings)
CCADB — All Certificate Information (root and intermediate), CSV V5
CCADB — Mozilla Included CA Certificate Report
CCADB — Chrome / Mozilla / Apple / Microsoft TLS Server Authentication CSV