SIG-LIST-TO-CERTS(1) User Commands SIG-LIST-TO-CERTS(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

sig-list-to-certs - tool for converting EFI signature lists back to openssl certificates

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**sig-list-to-certs** *<efi sig list file> <cert file base name>*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Takes <efi sig list file> and converts it to a set of DER format openssl certificates in <cert file base name>.n (where n runs from 0 to the number of certificates in the file)

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

To see what certificates your UEFI system currently has, you can run the dmpstore command to print them to a file

dmpstore PK > PK.uc16

This file isn't readily readable on a standard unix system because it's in UC-16 format, so convert it to ordinary text

iconv -f utf-16 PK.uc16 > PK.txt

Now remove the header which says something like

Dump Variable pk  
Variable NV+RT+BS 'Efi:PK' DataSize = 2DA

Leaving only the hex dump. This can then be converted to an EFI signature list by xxd

xxd -r PK.txt > PK.esl

and you can now extract openssl readable certificates from this

sig-list-to-certs PK.esl PK

Which will print some information like

X509 Header sls=730, header=0, sig=686  
file PK.0: Guid 77fa9abd-0359-4d32-4d60-28f4e78f784b  
Written 686 bytes

And finally, you can see the certificate in text format

openssl x509 -text -inform DER -in PK.0

Assuming it's an X509 certificate

September 2026 Usage: ./sig-list-to-certs <efi sig list file> <cert file base name>

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Document: sig-list-to-certs(1) from efitools 1.9.2.3.6-r6 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/efitools