Extended folder path to intermediate certs causes guard to fail with "malformed path in archive" error

[gmmd001]

Describe the bug

Certs that have a folder structure more than one level deep to the "intermediate" folder in the certificates.tgz fail.

Expected behavior

Should be able to parse the path to the intermediate or root folder

Current behavior

Error: guard.py throws "malformed file path in archive"

Possible solution

Nuke the empty folder structure during tgz creation in chain, or allow traversing multiple folder levels in guard

Steps to reproduce

1. Select all four root stores (apple, mozilla, microsoft and google) - not sure which one is pulling in the problematic certs
2. Run chain and then examine the certificates.tgz folder structure. Look at these certs:
   "9231_I.CA_Root_CA/ECC_05/2022","3808CE3E961CA532682FFB8708B544E8F175AA065601A45902DF92128FC38532"
   "9232_I.CA_Root_CA/ECC_12/2016","B8692148FF49C3799FA2347AE28BCC5289623512B67DC19170452ADE24BA51D5"
   "9233_I.CA_Root_CA/RSA","D3D607A9FF24A19523B6DA9D2C649446F8788CB96D9FD130972E120C13677730"
   "9234_I.CA_Root_CA/RSA_05/2022","D279C01A12E8DD9A6230E459FAA447CEB336998477338C2EE4135C96737418EB"
   "9235_I.CA_TLS_Root_CA/RSA_05/2022","F9A17A00E5C294BA9614A715819AF57F3FD48CC413453FBB8A5FC7E97964E2BC"
   All five of these have multiple empty folders between the root folder and the certificate
3. Run guard and get the malformed path error

Screenshots

(https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c708236b-31f1-4f71-8ec3-93d054aea848)

Context

Prevents a full load of the certificates

Your Environment

• Version used:
• python 3.10.12
• Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS

[kevinsteves]

Thank you. I can duplicate this bug, and will work on a fix.

[gmmd001]

Excellent, thanks!