Failed to create CertificateRequest: admission webhook "webhook.cert-manager.io" denied the request

[eravindar12]

I discovered the below error and was unable to create a certificate request due to this error.

Error details:

Failed to create CertificateRequest: admission webhook "webhook.cert-manager.io" denied the request: [spec.uid: Forbidden: uid identity must be that of the requester, spec.username: Forbidden: username identity must be that of the requester, spec.groups: Forbidden: groups identity must be that of the requester, spec.extra: Forbidden: extra identity must be that of the requester]

$ cmctl check api
The cert-manager API is ready

$ k get cert -n cert-manager-2
NAME                        READY   SECRET                          AGE
example-xxxx.io           False   example-xxxxa.io-tls   16h
selfsigned-cert             False   selfsigned-cert-tls             126m

Spec:
  Dns Names:
    *.xxxxx-io
  Issuer Ref:
    Name:       letsencrypt
  Secret Name:  example-xxxxxx.io-tls
Status:
  Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:        2022-10-09T03:07:41Z
    Message:                     Issuing certificate as Secret does not exist
    Reason:                      DoesNotExist
    Status:                      True
    Type:                        Issuing
    Last Transition Time:        2022-10-09T03:07:45Z
    Message:                     Issuing certificate as Secret does not exist
    Reason:                      DoesNotExist
    Status:                      False
    Type:                        Ready
  Next Private Key Secret Name:  example-xxxxx.io-q2txv
Events:
  Type     Reason         Age                      From                                       Message
  ----     ------         ----                     ----                                       -------
  Warning  RequestFailed  3m46s (x11712 over 16h)  cert-manager-certificates-request-manager  Failed to create CertificateRequest: admission webhook "webhook.cert-manager.io" denied the request: [spec.uid: Forbidden: uid identity must be that of the requester, spec.username: Forbidden: username identity must be that of the requester, spec.groups: Forbidden: groups identity must be that of the requester, spec.extra: Forbidden: extra identity must be that of the requester]