# Correction: the second link of a chained pair was counted as an independent observation, against its own text

- **Artifact ID:** CHQ-CORR-2026-023
- **Status:** IN FORCE
- **Public record:** https://record.cybersecurityhq.com/corrections/chq-corr-2026-023
- **Machine-record SHA-256:** `a26fcc9ffc2326595579465ed68d8ec667da4bf024b314d83a56f02ee6ae21b6`

## Complete structured record

```json
{
  "id": "CHQ-CORR-2026-023",
  "class": "CORRECTION",
  "subtype": "counting",
  "status": "IN FORCE",
  "authority": "DM ratified 2026-11-12",
  "effective": "2026-11-12",
  "published": "2026-11-12",
  "title": "Correction: the second link of a chained pair was counted as an independent observation, against its own text",
  "what_was_wrong": "Two entries catalogued on 30 October 2026 for one Ivanti product are one listing event and, under the collapse rule the record has applied since 15 October, one observation. Both entries said so. The second entry, SN-2026-10-31-02, was nonetheless classed as an independent reinforcing entry, so the 28-day window on the Edge and Management-Plane Compromise condition counted the pair twice: eleven entries where the rule gives ten.",
  "what_is_true": "The window held ten reinforcing entries at the Issue 45 cutoff. The counted set on the condition was not affected; its two counted instances are separate entries from 13 and 16 October.",
  "what_changed": "The second entry is reclassed as a component of the first, on the cutoff artifact of 2 November. The window reads ten. SN-2026-10-31-01 remains the reinforcing entry for the pair.",
  "what_did_not_change": "The rating (CONFIRMED), the Outlook (Accumulating) and the counted set. The trigger state recorded on 1 November stands as recorded.",
  "control_analysis": "The chain-link check flagged this pair on 31 October and 1 November as a non-blocking defect, and nothing acted on the flag. A check whose warning requires no disposition is a record, not a control. On 3 November the check was given three states, so that a flagged group with no recorded disposition holds an issue (CHQ-GATE-FIX-2026-009).",
  "found_by": "An external adversarial review. One part of its finding, that the counted set was also overstated, was checked and not accepted."
}
```