diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/JSX509CertificatePrototype.cpp b/src/bun.js/bindings/JSX509CertificatePrototype.cpp
index 8df864d95e..d8a1e0a35f 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/JSX509CertificatePrototype.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/JSX509CertificatePrototype.cpp
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@ JSC_DEFINE_CUSTOM_GETTER(jsX509CertificateGetter_infoAccess, (JSGlobalObject * g
         return JSValue::encode(jsUndefined());
 
     BUF_MEM* bptr = bio;
+    if (!bptr)
+        return JSValue::encode(jsUndefined());
     return JSValue::encode(undefinedIfEmpty(jsString(vm, String::fromUTF8(std::span(bptr->data, bptr->length)))));
 }
 
@@ -602,20 +604,10 @@ JSC_DEFINE_CUSTOM_GETTER(jsX509CertificateGetter_issuerCertificate, (JSGlobalObj
         return {};
     }
 
-    auto issuerCert = thisObject->view().getIssuer();
-    if (!issuerCert)
-        return JSValue::encode(jsUndefined());
-
-    auto bio = issuerCert.get();
-
-    BUF_MEM* bptr = nullptr;
-    BIO_get_mem_ptr(bio, &bptr);
-    std::span<const uint8_t> span(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(bptr->data), bptr->length);
-    auto* zigGlobalObject = defaultGlobalObject(globalObject);
-    auto* structure = zigGlobalObject->m_JSX509CertificateClassStructure.get(zigGlobalObject);
-    auto jsIssuerCert = JSX509Certificate::create(vm, structure, globalObject, span);
-    RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, {});
-    return JSValue::encode(jsIssuerCert);
+    // issuerCertificate is only available when the certificate was obtained from
+    // a TLS connection with a peer certificate chain. For certificates parsed
+    // directly from PEM/DER data, it is always undefined (matching Node.js behavior).
+    return JSValue::encode(jsUndefined());
 }
 
 JSC_DEFINE_CUSTOM_GETTER(jsX509CertificateGetter_publicKey, (JSGlobalObject * globalObject, EncodedJSValue thisValue, PropertyName))
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/27025.test.ts b/test/regression/issue/27025.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b31a2a52ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/issue/27025.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { X509Certificate } from "crypto";
+import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { join } from "path";
+
+const certPem = readFileSync(join(import.meta.dir, "../../js/node/test/fixtures/keys/agent1-cert.pem"));
+
+test("issuerCertificate should return undefined for directly-parsed certificates without crashing", () => {
+  const cert = new X509Certificate(certPem);
+
+  // issuerCertificate is only populated for certificates obtained from TLS
+  // connections with a peer certificate chain. For directly parsed certs,
+  // it should be undefined (matching Node.js behavior).
+  expect(cert.issuerCertificate).toBeUndefined();
+});
+
+test("X509Certificate properties should not crash on valid certificates", () => {
+  const cert = new X509Certificate(certPem);
+
+  // These should all work without segfaulting
+  expect(cert.subject).toBeDefined();
+  expect(cert.issuer).toBeDefined();
+  expect(cert.validFrom).toBeDefined();
+  expect(cert.validTo).toBeDefined();
+  expect(cert.fingerprint).toBeDefined();
+  expect(cert.fingerprint256).toBeDefined();
+  expect(cert.fingerprint512).toBeDefined();
+  expect(cert.serialNumber).toBeDefined();
+  expect(cert.raw).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array);
+  expect(cert.ca).toBe(false);
+});