Why does curl return error (35) security library: invalid arguments or bad dh value?

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Issue

  • Unable to access HTTPS sites over a TLS connection using curl.
  • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 curl returns an error similar to the following:

    curl: (35) security library: invalid arguments.
    
  • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 the error may look similar to the following:

    curl: (35) error:141A3066:SSL routines:tls_process_ske_dhe:bad dh value
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and nss-3.53.1-3.el7_9 or newer
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • FIPS enabled

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