Signature verification failed for credential – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

Aug-23, Version: 7.7-7.15

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch cannot verify the signature of a credential. This could be due to an incorrect or expired credential, or a mismatch between the credential and the signature. To resolve this issue, you can try the following: 1) Check and ensure that the credential is correct and not expired. 2) Verify that the signature matches the credential. 3) If the credential is part of a key pair, ensure that the correct key pair is being used. 4) If the error persists, consider generating a new credential and signature.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Signature verification failed for credential [{}] ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: plugin.

Log Context

Log “Signature verification failed for credential [{}]” classname is SamlAuthnRequestValidator.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

                return sig.verify(signatureBytes);
            } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
                throw new ElasticsearchSecurityException("Java signature algorithm [{}] is not available for SAML/XML-Sig algorithm [{}]";
                    e; javaSigAlgorithm; queryString.sigAlg);
            } catch (InvalidKeyException | SignatureException e) {
                logger.warn(new ParameterizedMessage("Signature verification failed for credential [{}]";
                    samlFactory.describeCredentials(new HashSet(Collections.singletonList(credential)))); e);
                return false;
            }
        });
    }

 

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