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3076281 - Peer certificate rejected by ChainVerifier - No trusted certificate found, rejected

Symptom

  • An SSL/TLS connection to an external server from the AS Java fails with "Peer certificate rejected by ChainVerifier".
  • An SSL trace with IAIK debug records (see SAP KBA 2673775) shows the following messages:
       
    [...]
    ssl_debug(3): Starting handshake (iSaSiLk 5.106)...
    ssl_debug(3): Sending v3 client_hello message to <hostname of the SSL server>:<port>, requesting version 3.3...
    ssl_debug(3): Sending extensions: renegotiation_info (...), signature_algorithms (..)
    ssl_debug(3): Received v3 server_hello handshake message.
    [...]
    ssl_debug(3): Received certificate handshake message with server certificate.
    [...]
    ssl_debug(3): ChainVerifier: No trusted certificate found, rejected.
    Chain rejected by default verifier. IAIK log has more details.
    [...]
    ssl_debug(3): Sending alert: Alert Fatal: bad certificate
    ssl_debug(3): Shutting down SSL layer...
    ssl_debug(3): SSLException while handshaking: Peer certificate rejected by ChainVerifier
    ssl_debug(3): Closing transport...
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Error while silently connecting: org.w3c.www.protocol.http.HttpException: Peer certificate rejected by ChainVerifier
    [...]


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Environment

  • SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java using SSL for outgoing connection

Product

SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java all versions

Keywords

SSl trust, certificate, trusted certificate, The default IAIK chain verifier does not trust this chain, The default IAIK chain verifier does not trust this chain! , KBA , BC-JAS-SEC-CPG , Cryptography , Problem

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