Error 1801 Telling me to update my Secure Boot CA/Keys?


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This came up ever since I installed the latest Windows Update today.

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Should I be concerned? Should I do anything?
Anyone else getting this?
 
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This is an informational warning. You have the latest BIOS firmware (v1901) for the X570-Creator WiFi. At some point next year, Windows will force a revocation of the CA 2011 certs. But it's not required at this time.
 

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I don’t understand why people visit the Event Viewer. The only time I have ever seen it was to work out how to instruct a member on how to use it. It causes mayhem, panic, there’s always blood and someone dies in the end.
 

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garlin said:
This is an informational warning. You have the latest BIOS firmware (v1901) for the X570-Creator WiFi. At some point next year, Windows will force a revocation of the CA 2011 certs. But it's not required at this time.
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The crime is they mark stuff like this as an error, not a warning or an informational message!
 

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gunrunnerjohn said:
The crime is they mark stuff like this as an error, not a warning or an informational message!
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If Windows logs Event 1801/TPM-WMI as a Warning now, and then it's changed to Error – someone who's filtering on event logs is going to miss the switch.
 

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garlin said:
This is an informational warning. You have the latest BIOS firmware (v1901) for the X570-Creator WiFi. At some point next year, Windows will force a revocation of the CA 2011 certs. But it's not required at this time.
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How was you able to deduce this is only informational?
 

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If you have not been following along, MS has been trying to inform users of the upcoming Secure Boot migration which is underway. The messaging will be more common and visible in the upcoming months.

As a two part problem, the existing CA 2011 Secure Boot signing certs have been abused to sign UEFI rootkit malware and will eventually expire anyway in 2026. MS needs to simultaneously ban the use of CA 2011-signed boot code, and get your UEFI to trust CA 2023 signing certs for the next generation of Windows boot files.

At this stage of the process, they're encouraging users to download the latest UEFI firmware whenever possible. Your motherboard has the latest (per ASUS's website). This should add the CA 2023 signing certs to be in parallel with CA 2011.

The next step is to revoke the CA 2011 certs. Currently in the migration plan, it's optional and early adopters can do this. If you don't do anything, MS will take more active steps next year to finish the update process.

There's three ElevenForum threads going on (in parallel) about the Secure Boot migration process. If you feel that you need to take action now to prevent your PC from being exposed to Black Lotus UEFI malware, then you can revoke the CA 2011 certs today. But that also requires you to update the boot files on any Windows install ISO or boot USB media you're using.

Did you manually update your Secure Boot Keys ?

Hi. Current Microsoft Secure Boot Keys will expire in 2026. Therefore, it may be advisable to update the keys manually in advance. I did the update and it was successful. If you have bitlocker enabled, you are advised to save your bitlocker keys. You will need them after the secure boot key...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
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Updating Microsoft Secure Boot keys before expiration in June 2026

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/event/windowsevents/ask-microsoft-anything-secure-boot---may-2026/4513524 UPDATE 4/02: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/secure-boot-certificate-update-status-in-the-windows-security-app-5ce39986-7dd2-4852-8c21-ef30dd04f046 UPDATE 2/10...
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Act now: Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026

UPDATE: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/updating-microsoft-secure-boot-keys-before-expiration-in-june-2026.22477/ Windows IT Pro Blog: Prepare for the first global large-scale certificate update to Secure Boot. The Microsoft certificates used in Secure Boot are the basis of trust for operating...
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No problem with secure boot and revocation of old certificates "CA 2011".

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@garlin
I now have a new BIOS update. What does the text in the red box mean? Is it related to updating the secure boot keys?

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antspants said:
I don’t understand why people visit the Event Viewer
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I agree with you.

EventViewer was not designed to assist the user [judging by its interface] and its provenance has never been explained.
There is no documentation to tell us whether an error event is temporary [to act as an internal trigger for a repeat operation for which successful completion is not recorded] or not.

It can be very useful when investigating [real] fault symptoms but I never regard an entry in Event vwr to be sufficient reason to initiate a fault investigation.
I have quite a few Custom views set up ready for the things I look in Event vwr most frequently [but several of them have never proved to be useful].
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Margarita said:
@garlin
I now have a new BIOS update. What does the text in the red box mean? Is it related to updating the secure boot keys?
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No. Those are UEFI features unrelated to Secure Boot.

Pre-boot DMA prevents other UEFI-level devices (that have a smart onboard controller) from snooping UEFI's memory. VT-d and IOMMU are HW features that speed up virtualization when Window enables Core Integrity.
 

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It's a small world, isn't it. Just after reading this thread, I stumbled across a similar one.
Try3 said:
I see lots of 1796 EventIDs.
Mine are all annotated with the fact that Secure boot is currently disabled on my computer.

What evidence have you got that there is anything to be fixed?
I have studied this thread and there is nothing to indicate that any response is required at all.

Event viewer was not designed for our benefit and there is no documentation to explain its various entries.
I firmly believe that Event viewer can be a useful tool in investigating faults that have [operational] symptoms but the existence or otherwise of an entry in Event viewer is not sufficient reason to launch a fault investigation let alone take any action.
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All the best,
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garlin said:
No. Those are UEFI features unrelated to Secure Boot.

Pre-boot DMA prevents other UEFI-level devices (that have a smart onboard controller) from snooping UEFI's memory. VT-d and IOMMU are HW features that speed up virtualization when Window enables Core Integrity.
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Ok, thank you, BIOS has been successfully updated.
 

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garlin said:
There's three ElevenForum threads going on (in parallel) about the Secure Boot migration process. If you feel that you need to take action now to prevent your PC from being exposed to Black Lotus UEFI malware, then you can revoke the CA 2011 certs today. But that also requires you to update the boot files on any Windows install ISO or boot USB media you're using.
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And some nice guy conveniently provided a simple batch file to update the boot files on USB boot disks. :giggle: (y)
 

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Will Microsoft see to it these certificates will be resolved painlessly with their own updates?
 

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The general answer is yes. Especially since you have an up-to-date BIOS. Other users with older PC's that haven't received BIOS updates to address the Secure Boot issue will have problems that need to be solved manually.
 

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Hi everyone.

Need some help this below error message is from the VM on Hyper V. Please help me with this
I got the same TPM- wmi error but my log message is this -

Secure Boot CA/keys need to be updated. This device signature information is included here.
DeviceAttributes:
Bucketid:
BucketConfidenceLevel:
UpdateType: 0
HResult: The system cannot find the file specified.
 

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Same error here this morning.

However, I have the latest version of the motherboard BIOS. There is no newer version on the Asus website.

At the end of the message in the details, it says “the operation was successful,” which contradicts the event classified as an error.

Does that mean everything is fine and that a future Windows update will fix this ?

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Windplay87 said:
Same error here this morning.
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Make sure Diagnostics Reporting is enabled, and that your Windows system is starting up in Secure Boot mode. Microsoft will push out updated keys in the next few weeks or months using a phased and scheduled roll-out.

You don't need the updates now, and won't need them until Microsoft concludes revoking trust in the 2011 keys and commences allowing only 2023 signed boot managers to start Windows in Secure Boot, probably not before mid-year next but it may happen for some earlier since this IS a gradual and phased roll out.

OR... read through the below thread to get ideas how to manually update them ahead of time.

If you don't use Secure Boot now and never intend to then just ignore the whole thing.

Did you manually update your Secure Boot Keys ?

Hi. Current Microsoft Secure Boot Keys will expire in 2026. Therefore, it may be advisable to update the keys manually in advance. I did the update and it was successful. If you have bitlocker enabled, you are advised to save your bitlocker keys. You will need them after the secure boot key...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
 
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