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Event ID 4872 — Certificate Services published the certificate revocation list (CRL).

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
Object Access → Certification Services
Collection Priority
Recommended (Yamato Security, others)
Opcode
Info

Description

Certificate Services published the certificate revocation list (CRL).

Message #

Certificate Services published the certificate revocation list (CRL).
	
Base CRL: %1
CRL Number: %2
Key Container: %3
Next Publish: %4
Publish URLs: %5

Fields #

NameDescription
IsBaseCRL UnicodeStringBase CRL
CRLNumber UnicodeStringCRL Number
KeyContainer UnicodeStringKey Container
NextPublish UnicodeStringNext Publish
PublishURLs UnicodeStringPublish URLs
Base_CRL UnicodeString—
CRL_Number UnicodeString—
Key_Container UnicodeString—
Next_Publish UnicodeString—
Publish_URLs UnicodeString—

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4872,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 12805,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2026-03-13T23:06:22.155871+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 16618025,
    "correlation": {
      "ActivityID": "0D26E79C-B333-0001-07E8-260D33B3DC01"
    },
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 936,
      "thread_id": 11144
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "LAB-DC01.ludus.domain",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "IsBaseCRL": "Yes",
    "CRLNumber": "12",
    "KeyContainer": "EvtGen-Root-CA",
    "NextPublish": "3/20/2026 11:06 PM 22.125s",
    "PublishURLs": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\CertSrv\\CertEnroll\\EvtGen-Root-CA.crl; ldap:///CN=EvtGen-Root-CA,CN=LAB-DC01,CN=CDP,CN=Public Key Services,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=ludus,DC=domain; http://crl.ludus.domain/crldist/EvtGen-Root-CA.crl; "
  },
  "message": ""
}

References #