Why does my Java application throw a SSLHandshakeException: "unable to find valid certification path to requested target" when using SSL?

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Issue

  • Our JBoss application or EAP component is generating the following error message while trying to connect to a URL:

    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

  • Getting sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed after upgrading Red Hat JBoss EAP or installing new application.

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x
    • 6.x
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse
    • 6.x

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