Ca.pem file - After 4 years of use we suddenly had many devices fail to reconnect

It looks like in the 1.2.16 version of mdash (which is open source) there is a hardcoded certificate used to initialize the TLS connection.

Copied that s_pem, formatted it and running the openssl x509 -in xx.pem -text command on that certificate gives:

Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number:
            82:10:cf:b0:d2:40:e3:59:44:63:e0:bb:63:82:8b:00
        Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C = US, O = Internet Security Research Group, CN = ISRG Root X1
        Validity
            Not Before: Jun  4 11:04:38 2015 GMT
            Not After : Jun  4 11:04:38 2035 GMT
        Subject: C = US, O = Internet Security Research Group, CN = ISRG Root X1
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
                Public-Key: (4096 bit)
                Modulus:
                    00:ad:e8:24:73:f4:14:37:f3:9b:9e:2b:57:28:1c:
                    87:be:dc:b7:df:38:90:8c:6e:3c:e6:57:a0:78:f7:
                    75:c2:a2:fe:f5:6a:6e:f6:00:4f:28:db:de:68:86:
                    6c:44:93:b6:b1:63:fd:14:12:6b:bf:1f:d2:ea:31:
                    9b:21:7e:d1:33:3c:ba:48:f5:dd:79:df:b3:b8:ff:
                    12:f1:21:9a:4b:c1:8a:86:71:69:4a:66:66:6c:8f:
                    7e:3c:70:bf:ad:29:22:06:f3:e4:c0:e6:80:ae:e2:
                    4b:8f:b7:99:7e:94:03:9f:d3:47:97:7c:99:48:23:
                    53:e8:38:ae:4f:0a:6f:83:2e:d1:49:57:8c:80:74:
                    b6:da:2f:d0:38:8d:7b:03:70:21:1b:75:f2:30:3c:
                    fa:8f:ae:dd:da:63:ab:eb:16:4f:c2:8e:11:4b:7e:
                    cf:0b:e8:ff:b5:77:2e:f4:b2:7b:4a:e0:4c:12:25:
                    0c:70:8d:03:29:a0:e1:53:24:ec:13:d9:ee:19:bf:
                    10:b3:4a:8c:3f:89:a3:61:51:de:ac:87:07:94:f4:
                    63:71:ec:2e:e2:6f:5b:98:81:e1:89:5c:34:79:6c:
                    76:ef:3b:90:62:79:e6:db:a4:9a:2f:26:c5:d0:10:
                    e1:0e:de:d9:10:8e:16:fb:b7:f7:a8:f7:c7:e5:02:
                    07:98:8f:36:08:95:e7:e2:37:96:0d:36:75:9e:fb:
                    0e:72:b1:1d:9b:bc:03:f9:49:05:d8:81:dd:05:b4:
                    2a:d6:41:e9:ac:01:76:95:0a:0f:d8:df:d5:bd:12:
                    1f:35:2f:28:17:6c:d2:98:c1:a8:09:64:77:6e:47:
                    37:ba:ce:ac:59:5e:68:9d:7f:72:d6:89:c5:06:41:
                    29:3e:59:3e:dd:26:f5:24:c9:11:a7:5a:a3:4c:40:
                    1f:46:a1:99:b5:a7:3a:51:6e:86:3b:9e:7d:72:a7:
                    12:05:78:59:ed:3e:51:78:15:0b:03:8f:8d:d0:2f:
                    05:b2:3e:7b:4a:1c:4b:73:05:12:fc:c6:ea:e0:50:
                    13:7c:43:93:74:b3:ca:74:e7:8e:1f:01:08:d0:30:
                    d4:5b:71:36:b4:07:ba:c1:30:30:5c:48:b7:82:3b:
                    98:a6:7d:60:8a:a2:a3:29:82:cc:ba:bd:83:04:1b:
                    a2:83:03:41:a1:d6:05:f1:1b:c2:b6:f0:a8:7c:86:
                    3b:46:a8:48:2a:88:dc:76:9a:76:bf:1f:6a:a5:3d:
                    19:8f:eb:38:f3:64:de:c8:2b:0d:0a:28:ff:f7:db:
                    e2:15:42:d4:22:d0:27:5d:e1:79:fe:18:e7:70:88:
                    ad:4e:e6:d9:8b:3a:c6:dd:27:51:6e:ff:bc:64:f5:
                    33:43:4f
                Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Key Usage: critical
                Certificate Sign, CRL Sign
            X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
                CA:TRUE
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier: 
                79:B4:59:E6:7B:B6:E5:E4:01:73:80:08:88:C8:1A:58:F6:E9:9B:6E
    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
    Signature Value:
        55:1f:58:a9:bc:b2:a8:50:d0:0c:b1:d8:1a:69:20:27:29:08:
        ac:61:75:5c:8a:6e:f8:82:e5:69:2f:d5:f6:56:4b:b9:b8:73:
        10:59:d3:21:97:7e:e7:4c:71:fb:b2:d2:60:ad:39:a8:0b:ea:
        17:21:56:85:f1:50:0e:59:eb:ce:e0:59:e9:ba:c9:15:ef:86:
        9d:8f:84:80:f6:e4:e9:91:90:dc:17:9b:62:1b:45:f0:66:95:
        d2:7c:6f:c2:ea:3b:ef:1f:cf:cb:d6:ae:27:f1:a9:b0:c8:ae:
        fd:7d:7e:9a:fa:22:04:eb:ff:d9:7f:ea:91:2b:22:b1:17:0e:
        8f:f2:8a:34:5b:58:d8:fc:01:c9:54:b9:b8:26:cc:8a:88:33:
        89:4c:2d:84:3c:82:df:ee:96:57:05:ba:2c:bb:f7:c4:b7:c7:
        4e:3b:82:be:31:c8:22:73:73:92:d1:c2:80:a4:39:39:10:33:
        23:82:4c:3c:9f:86:b2:55:98:1d:be:29:86:8c:22:9b:9e:e2:
        6b:3b:57:3a:82:70:4d:dc:09:c7:89:cb:0a:07:4d:6c:e8:5d:
        8e:c9:ef:ce:ab:c7:bb:b5:2b:4e:45:d6:4a:d0:26:cc:e5:72:
        ca:08:6a:a5:95:e3:15:a1:f7:a4:ed:c9:2c:5f:a5:fb:ff:ac:
        28:02:2e:be:d7:7b:bb:e3:71:7b:90:16:d3:07:5e:46:53:7c:
        37:07:42:8c:d3:c4:96:9c:d5:99:b5:2a:e0:95:1a:80:48:ae:
        4c:39:07:ce:cc:47:a4:52:95:2b:ba:b8:fb:ad:d2:33:53:7d:
        e5:1d:4d:6d:d5:a1:b1:c7:42:6f:e6:40:27:35:5c:a3:28:b7:
        07:8d:e7:8d:33:90:e7:23:9f:fb:50:9c:79:6c:46:d5:b4:15:
        b3:96:6e:7e:9b:0c:96:3a:b8:52:2d:3f:d6:5b:e1:fb:08:c2:
        84:fe:24:a8:a3:89:da:ac:6a:e1:18:2a:b1:a8:43:61:5b:d3:
        1f:dc:3b:8d:76:f2:2d:e8:8d:75:df:17:33:6c:3d:53:fb:7b:
        cb:41:5f:ff:dc:a2:d0:61:38:e1:96:b8:ac:5d:8b:37:d7:75:
        d5:33:c0:99:11:ae:9d:41:c1:72:75:84:be:02:41:42:5f:67:
        24:48:94:d1:9b:27:be:07:3f:b9:b8:4f:81:74:51:e1:7a:b7:
        ed:9d:23:e2:be:e0:d5:28:04:13:3c:31:03:9e:dd:7a:6c:8f:
        c6:07:18:c6:7f:de:47:8e:3f:28:9e:04:06:cf:a5:54:34:77:
        bd:ec:89:9b:e9:17:43:df:5b:db:5f:fe:8e:1e:57:a2:cd:40:
        9d:7e:62:22:da:de:18:27
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIFazCCA1OgAwIBAgIRAIIQz7DSQONZRGPgu2OCiwAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
TzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxKTAnBgNVBAoTIEludGVybmV0IFNlY3VyaXR5IFJlc2Vh
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MTCCAiIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggIPADCCAgoCggIBAK3oJHP0FDfzm54rVygc
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emyPxgcYxn/eR44/KJ4EBs+lVDR3veyJm+kXQ99b21/+jh5Xos1AnX5iItreGCc=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

I hope it helps…

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