I did encounter the problem again after upgrading only the server, so I guess the answer is yes. It would be nice to have information like this from a more official source, though...
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you can check cert validity and details using openssl:
openssl x509 -enddate -noout -in your_cert.pem
or
echo | openssl s_client -showcerts -connect your_splunk_server:port
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