Certificates

^{Last updated: 2025-09-30}

Purpose

This article provides users with an overview of certificates in Informational findings.

Introduction

This document offers an overview of certificates in Informational findings, specifically targeting users with basic access to the OUTSCAN™/HIAB account. It details how certificates linked to specific assets are displayed, including a details view that provides information such as subject, issuer, and validity dates. Users can manage certificates by selecting actions like editing tags or marking them as false positives. Additionally, the document outlines the various columns available for viewing certificate information and emphasizes the importance of comments for communication with the Outpost24® Appsec team.

Certificate Overview

Requirements

It is assumed that the reader has basic access to the OUTSCAN™/HIAB account. 

Certificates

In Findings > Informational > Certificates, the certificates that are linked to a specific asset are listed.

When clicking on a certificate, a details view is displayed on the right side of the window.

Details

The Details tab shows more information about the selected certificate. 

This includes certificate information such as subject, issuer, signature algorithm, serial number, key algorithm, key bits, valid from, valid until.

Ports

A list of all ports and information about them such as port name and port protocol.

Asset

The affected asset, and by clicking the asset name you are redirected to the asset view for more information.

First seen

When the certificate was first discovered on the specific asset.

Last Seen

When the certificate was last seen on the specific asset.

Created

The time since the certificate was created.

Created by

The name of the account that the certificate was created by.

Updated

The time since the certificate was last updated.

Updated by

The name of the account that the certificate was last updated by.

Comments

The Comments tab enables you to post comments on products, as well as sending messages to the Outpost24® Appsec team for review and response about the selected product.

Starting a Discussion

You can start a discussion about a finding:

1. Select a finding.

2. Click the Comments tab on the right side. The Comments tab shows all your ongoing discussions.

3. Add a new comment and click the blue Start Discussion button.
   

   

   
   

4. To reply to a discussion, enter your reply on the Reply to conversation line and click the blue Reply button.
   

   

   
   

Starting a Discussion with the Outpost24 AppSec Team

You can start a discussion about the findings with the Outpost24 AppSec Team for review and response. 

1. Select a finding.

2. Click the Comments tab on the right side. The Comments tab shows all your ongoing discussions.

3. Toggle the Start a discussion with Outpost24 switch.
   

   

   
   

4. Add a new comment and click the blue Start Discussion button.
   The comment is sent to the Outpost 24 AppSec team.
   

5. To reply to an ongoing discussion, enter your reply on the Reply to conversation line and click the blue Reply button.

When discussing with an Outpost 24 AppSec representative, the discussion card is marked clearly with a blue sign in the top left corner of the discussion card.

Deleting a Single Comment

To delete a comment in a discussion, click on the delete icon to the right. This removes the comment from the discussion.

The deleted comment is marked with the text "This message has been deleted".

Deleting a Discussion Tree

To delete the entire discussion tree, click on the delete icon to the right on the first line in the card. This removes all conversation in the card.

The deleted discussion and all replies is marked with the text "This message has been deleted".

Removing the top discussion will remove all the following replies in that discussion recursively.

If no comment is given, a default message/comment stating “Transitioned information status from <original status> to <new status> without user's comment." is saved as a activity log to assist with the reviewing of the finding’s history.

The customer can also transition certificates from other status like FALSE_POSITIVE or PRESENT.

Example:

Manage Certificates

Select one or more certificates, and choose one of the actions that is displayed on the bottom bar:

Right-clicking a certificate or a selected group of certificates opens a menu where the same tasks can be performed.

The possible user actions are:

• Edit tags adds a tag to the selected certificate. See Tags for more information.

• Mark as false positive marks a certificate as a false positive.

• Unmark false positive reverts a certificate as a false positive.

Columns

By clicking the Column bar next to the Main Menu, you expand the column list available to Certificates. Select any Column to view in the main window.

Select a specific column to know that information about a certificate. All selected columns are displayed in the Certificates tab. The available options are described below.

Option	Format	Description
Age		Shows how old the certificate is in regards to when then it was first discovered in a scan.
Asset		Name of the asset associated to the certificate. Could consist of among others: FQDN IP-address Agent ID Container image name
Asset group IDs		Group IDs attached to Asset that the Finding belongs to. See Vulnerabilities
Asset ID		The unique identifier of the Asset the certificate belongs to.
Comments		Number of comments associated to the certificate.
Created		When the finding object was first created. Counted from when a scan first resulted in this finding or when the Appsec team pushed it.
Created by		Who created it: System if it was from a scan Appsec team if they created it
Created by ID		ID of the account that created the certificate
Customer ID		ID of the customer
First scan ID		ID of the scanlog entry this certificate was first found in.
First seen		Date shows when the certificate was first discovered on a specific asset during recurring scans. When not found in a scan, the first seen date resets.
ID		Unique identifier of the certificate.
Issuer CN		Common name of the issuer.
Key algorithm		Algorithm for the certificate key.
Key bits		Size of the certificates key.
Last scan ID		This is the last (latest) scan this certificate was found in.
Last seen		Date shows when the certificate was last seen on a specific asset. Checks if the certificate is present in recurring scans. If it is not found in one scan, the last seen date resets.
Match chain ID		Internal identifier for the certificate chain.
Match IDs		Reference ID to the scanners raw data output that the certificate is generated from and contains in depth information such as vhost, port, pattern, url, product versions, and so on.
PEM		The certificate in PEM format.
Port names		List of all port names (HTTP, SSH)
Port protocols		List of all port protocols (TCP)
Ports		Displays ports the certificate is found on. Hovering mouse on the port chip displays the port number and protocol as tool-tip. Number filter is applicable on the column.
Seen last scan		Boolean value that shows if the certificate was detected during the last scan of the linked asset.
Serial number		The serial number of the certificate.
Signature algorithm		Algorithm the certificate was signed with.
Source		Which source scanner or product type does the certificate originate from.
Status		Indicates the different statuses for a certificate. Can be marked as: False Positive - The scanner is finding a risk that has been marked by someone to be a false positive and is not supposed to pick up on. Present - (Default) Shows that a certificate is present after scanning
Subject CN		Common name of the certificate.
Tags		Displays the available tags associated with the certificate.
Updated		Timestamp of when the certificate was last updated at all for any reason, system- or user-initiated.
Updated by		Who did the last updating action, system, user, or AppSec team and so on.
Updated by ID		ID of the account that did the last updating cation
Valid from		Time from which the certificate can be used.
Valid until		Time until which the certificate can be used.