Java: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

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I have a class that will download a file from a https server. When I run it, it returns a lot of errors. It seems that I have a problem with my certificate. Is it possible to ignore the client-server authentication? If so, how?

package com.da;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.CharBuffer;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIUtils;
import org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.DefaultHttpAsyncClient;
import org.apache.http.nio.IOControl;
import org.apache.http.nio.client.HttpAsyncClient;
import org.apache.http.nio.client.methods.AsyncCharConsumer;
import org.apache.http.nio.client.methods.HttpAsyncGet;
import org.apache.http.nio.client.methods.HttpAsyncPost;

public class RSDDownloadFile {
    static FileOutputStream fos;

    public void DownloadFile(String URI, String Request) throws Exception
    {
        java.net.URI uri = URIUtils.createURI("https", "176.66.3.69:6443", -1, "download.aspx",
                "Lang=EN&AuthToken=package", null);
        System.out.println("URI Query: " + uri.toString());

        HttpAsyncClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpAsyncClient();
        httpclient.start();
        try {
            Future<Boolean> future = httpclient.execute(
                    new HttpAsyncGet(uri),
                    new ResponseCallback(), null);

            Boolean result = future.get();
            if (result != null && result.booleanValue()) {
                System.out.println("\nRequest successfully executed");
            } else {
                System.out.println("Request failed");
            }              
        } 
        catch(Exception e){
            System.out.println("[DownloadFile] Exception: " + e.getMessage());
        }
        finally {
            System.out.println("Shutting down");
            httpclient.shutdown();
        }
        System.out.println("Done");  

    }

    static class ResponseCallback extends AsyncCharConsumer<Boolean> {

        @Override
        protected void onResponseReceived(final HttpResponse response) {
             System.out.println("Response: " + response.getStatusLine());
             System.out.println("Header: " + response.toString());
             try {   
                 //if(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()==200)
                     fos = new FileOutputStream( "Response.html" );
             }catch(Exception e){
                 System.out.println("[onResponseReceived] Exception: " + e.getMessage());
             }
        }

        @Override
        protected void onCharReceived(final CharBuffer buf, final IOControl ioctrl) throws IOException {
            try
            {
                while (buf.hasRemaining()) 
                {
                    //System.out.print(buf.get());
                    fos.write(buf.get());
                }
            }catch(Exception e)
            {
                System.out.println("[onCharReceived] Exception: " + e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        protected void onCleanup() {
            try
            {             
                if(fos!=null)
                    fos.close();
            }catch(Exception e){
                System.out.println("[onCleanup] Exception: " + e.getMessage());         
            }
             System.out.println("onCleanup()");
        }

        @Override
        protected Boolean buildResult() {
            return Boolean.TRUE;
        }

    }
}

Errors:

URI Query: https://176.66.3.69:6443/download.aspx?Lang=EN&AuthToken=package
Aug 2, 2011 3:47:57 PM org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.NHttpClientProtocolHandler exception
SEVERE: I/O error: General SSLEngine problem
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: General SSLEngine problem
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.checkThrown(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.checkTaskThrown(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.writeAppRecord(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.wrap(Unknown Source)
    at javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine.wrap(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.SSLIOSession.doHandshake(SSLIOSession.java:154)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.SSLIOSession.isAppInputReady(SSLIOSession.java:276)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.InternalClientEventDispatch.inputReady(InternalClientEventDispatch.java:79)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.readable(BaseIOReactor.java:161)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvent(AbstractIOReactor.java:335)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvents(AbstractIOReactor.java:315)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.execute(AbstractIOReactor.java:275)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.execute(BaseIOReactor.java:104)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor$Worker.run(AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor.java:542)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: General SSLEngine problem
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.fatal(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker$DelegatedTask.run(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.SSLIOSession.doHandshake(SSLIOSession.java:180)
    ... 9 more
Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
    at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.JsseX509TrustManager.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
    ... 16 more
Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
    at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(Unknown Source)
    ... 21 more
onCleanup()

[DownloadFile] Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: General SSLEngine problem
Shutting down
Done
29 Answers

This solved my issue,

We need to import the cert onto the local java. If not we could get the below exception.

    javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
        at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1949)
        at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:302)

SSLPOKE is a tool where you can test the https connectivity from your local machine.

Command to test the connectivity:

"%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java" SSLPoke <hostname> 443
    sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: 
    sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
        at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:387)
        at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:292)
        at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:260)
        at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:324)
        at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:229)
        at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:124)
        at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1496)
        at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:216)
        at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:1026)
        at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:961)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1062)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1375)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:747)
        at sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:123)
        at sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:138)
        at SSLPoke.main(SSLPoke.java:31)
    Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to 
    requested target
        at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.build(SunCertPathBuilder.java:141)
        at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:126)
        at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:280)
        at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:382)
        ... 15 more
keytool -import -alias <anyname> -keystore "%JAVA_HOME%/jre/lib/security/cacerts" -file <cert path>

this would first prompt to "Enter keystore password:" changeit is the default password. and finally a prompt "Trust this certificate? [no]:", provide "yes" to add the cert to keystore.

Verfication:

C:\tools>"%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java" SSLPoke <hostname> 443
Successfully connected    

Simple Steps that I followed.

problem: I was trying to connect to an endpoint(https://%s.blob.core.windows.net) using a simple java class(main method).

So I was getting this certification issue as mentioned above, in the question.

Solution:

  1. Get the certificate using a browser(chrome). To do this paste your endpoint URL in the browser and enter. Now you will see a lock icon, click on that -->certificate--> details --> copy to files--> download it.

  2. open the cmd(i am using windows) as admin and then navigate to the directory where you have downloaded the .cer file.

3.(Optional)If you are using multiple JDK in the same machine then change your JDK version the same as you are using in your application.

  1. Now use the below command

keytool -import -alias mycertificate -keystore "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.5\lib\security\cacerts" -file myurlcrt.cer

  1. Give the default password: changeit

  2. Trust this certificate: yes

And you are done.

Thanks!

There is a lot of way to solve this...

One way is set the TrustStore certificates in a keystore file and put it in the path of the application, and set these system properties in the main method:

public static void main(String[] args) {
  System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "trust-store.jks");
  System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", "TrustStore");
  ...
}

Other way is place the keystore as resource file inside the project jar file and load it:

public static SSLContext createSSLContext(String resourcePath, String pass) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException, IOException, CertificateException, UnrecoverableKeyException, KeyManagementException {
  // initialise the keystore
  final char[] password = pass.toCharArray();
  KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
  ks.load(ThisClass.class.getResourceAsStream(resourcePath
  ), password);

  // Setup the key manager factory.
  KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
  kmf.init(ks, password);

  // Setup the trust manager factory.
  TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
  tmf.init(ks);

  SSLContext sslc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
  sslc.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), tmf.getTrustManagers(), null);
  return sslc;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
  SSLContext.setDefault(
    createSSLContext("/trust-store.jks", "TrustStore"));
  ...
}

In windows you can try this solution too: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59056537/980442


I created the keystore file from a Certificate authority CA .crt file in this way:

keytool -import -alias ca -keystore trust-store.jks -storepass TrustStore -trustcacerts -file ca.crt

FYI: https://docs.oracle.com/javadb/10.8.3.0/adminguide/cadminsslclient.html

Had the issue like this image.

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Tried a few solutions. But found that even if it's same project, when it's on other one's working place, it's totally fine. No extra settings needed. So we guessed it's an enviroment issue. We tried changing JDK version, IDE but didn't work. it took about 4 hours for investigation, until we tried the top-rated answer. I didn't find the error mentioned in that answer but I found via my browser about HTTP URL (lock) that there was a certification of Charles. Then I realized my charles was on all the time. As long as I turned that off, it's working all fine.

So I left my experience that could be helpful for your case.

Download the certificate from Nexus3 Browser (click on the lock-pad for View Site Information in case of Edge broser)
Click on Connection is secure
Click on the certificate details
Click on Copy To file (it opens up export certificate wizard)
Choose Base-64 encoding
Browse and select a download location and file-name (let’s say mycert)
Open cmd
Goto the download location and execute the below command
keytool -import -alias mycert -keystore  "<<your-JAVA_HOME-directory>>\jre\lib\security\cacerts" -file mycert.cer
Restart the machine
Execute maven build again.

Make sure that the https://176.66.3.69:6443/ have a valid certificate. you can check it via browser firstly https not secure if it works in browser it will work in java.

that is working for me

If getting this error in maven, or maven with TestNG :

  1. download the certificate from the target website and install certificate on your machine (using keytool as suggested above, or on windows)
  2. add the following content to the maven arguments (command line and/or IDE): -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=C:\Users\me.keystore -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=X Where X is the password you used at the keytool step.

note : C:\Users\me.keystore should also be set to match your machine. For instance :

mvn -ea -Dtestng.dtd.http=true  -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=C:\Users\me\.keystore -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=X -Dmaven.wagon.http.ssl.insecure=true -Dmaven.wagon.http.ssl.allowall=true -Dmaven.wagon.http.ssl.ignore.validity.dates=true -Dcucumber.features=src/test/resources -Dcucumber.glue=com.myapp -Dcucumber.filter.tags="@MY_TEST"

And if you are here in 2022 and are on mac follow this

1. Download the certificate.

echo -n | openssl s_client -connect <ServerName>:<PORT> -servername <ServerName> \
    | openssl x509 > /tmp/<ServerName>.cert

2. Find your JDK path by executing the command.

/usr/libexec/java_home

3. Now import the cert into the cert-store of jdk.

sudo keytool -import -alias mycertificate -keystore "<JDK_HOME>/lib/security/cacerts" -file /tmp/<ServerName>.cert

In my case I'm running MacOs High Sierra with Java 1.6. The cacert file is in a different location than referenced above in Gabe Martin-Dempesy's answer. The cacert file was also already linked to another location (/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts).

Using FireFox, I exported the certificate from the web site in question to a local file called "exportedCertFile.crt". From there, I used keytool to move the certificate into the cacert file. This fixed the problem.

bash-3.2# cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/security/
bash-3.2# keytool -importcert -file ~/exportedCertFile.crt -alias example -keystore cacerts -storepass changeit

first Download the ssl certificate then you can go to your java bin path execute the below command in the console.

C:\java\JDK1.8.0_66-X64\bin>keytool -printcert -file C:\Users\lova\openapi.cer -keystore openapistore

In my case I had both keystore and truststore having the same certificate so removing truststore helped. Sometimes the chain of certificates can be an issue if you've multiple copies of certificates.

As original question was - how to ignore the cert error, here is solution for those using SpringBoot and RestTemplate

@Service
public class SomeService {

    private final RestTemplate restTemplate;

    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;    

    private static HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory createRequestFactory() {
        try {
            SSLContextBuilder sslContext = new SSLContextBuilder();
            sslContext.loadTrustMaterial(null, new TrustAllStrategy());
            CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.custom().setSSLContext(sslContext.build()).setSSLHostnameVerifier(NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE).build();
            HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
            requestFactory.setHttpClient(client);
            return requestFactory;
        } catch (KeyManagementException | KeyStoreException | NoSuchAlgorithmException var3) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Couldn't create HTTP Request factory ignore SSL cert validity: ", var3);
        }
    }

    @Autowired
    public SomeService(RestTemplate restTemplate, ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
        this.dimetorURL = dimetorURL;
        restTemplate.setRequestFactory(createRequestFactory());
    }


    public ResponseEntity<ResponseObject> sendRequest(RequestObject requestObject) {
        //...
        return restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.GET, ResponseObject.class);
        //...
    }
}

This is what worked for me on macOS. Replace server-name and server-port with your own.

Run these two commands on your terminal.

Download certificate from the remote server

openssl x509 -in <(openssl s_client -connect server-name:server-port -prexit 2>/dev/null) -out ~/server-name.crt

Import cert to Java keystore

sudo keytool -importcert -file ~/server-name.crt -alias server-name -keystore $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit

Restart your application and the certs errors should go away!

This works on any OS you just need JDK installed :

  1. Download the certificate from the remote server :

    keytool -printcert -rfc -sslserver <your remote server hostname> > /tmp/remorte-cert.crt

  2. Import the certificate to your JDK keystore :

    keytool -importcert -file /tmp/remorte-cert.crt -alias <an alias for your remote server> -storepass changeit -keystore "${JAVA_HOME}/lib/security/cacerts" -noprompt

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