"DOMException: NOT_FOUND_ERR: An attempt is made to reference a node in a context where it does not exist." when KeyInfo has an Id attribute

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Issue

When invoking a WS-Security-enabled endpoint running in JBossWS Native, I receive the following error:

org.w3c.dom.DOMException: NOT_FOUND_ERR: An attempt is made to reference a node in a context where it does not exist.
    at org.apache.xerces.dom.ElementImpl.setIdAttributeNode(Unknown Source)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.soap.SOAPElementImpl.setIdAttributeNode(SOAPElementImpl.java:841)
    at org.apache.xml.security.keys.KeyInfo.(KeyInfo.java:141)
    at org.apache.xml.security.signature.XMLSignature.(XMLSignature.java:379)
    at org.apache.xml.security.signature.XMLSignature.(XMLSignature.java:326)
    at org.jboss.ws.extensions.security.element.Signature.(Signature.java:57)
    at org.jboss.ws.extensions.security.element.SecurityHeader.(SecurityHeader.java:85)
    at org.jboss.ws.extensions.security.SecurityDecoder.decode(SecurityDecoder.java:192)
    at org.jboss.ws.extensions.security.WSSecurityDispatcher.decodeHeader(WSSecurityDispatcher.java:131)
    at org.jboss.ws.extensions.security.WSSecurityDispatcher.decodeMessage(WSSecurityDispatcher.java:100)
    at org.jboss.ws.extensions.security.jaxws.WSSecurityHandler.handleInboundSecurity(WSSecurityHandler.java:90)
    at org.jboss.ws.extensions.security.jaxws.WSSecurityHandlerServer.handleInbound(WSSecurityHandlerServer.java:41)
    at org.jboss.wsf.common.handler.GenericHandler.handleMessage(GenericHandler.java:53)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.handler.HandlerChainExecutor.handleMessage(HandlerChainExecutor.java:305)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.handler.HandlerChainExecutor.handleMessage(HandlerChainExecutor.java:142)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.handler.HandlerDelegateJAXWS.callRequestHandlerChain(HandlerDelegateJAXWS.java:97)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.server.ServiceEndpointInvoker.callRequestHandlerChain(ServiceEndpointInvoker.java:129)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.server.ServiceEndpointInvoker.invoke(ServiceEndpointInvoker.java:176)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.RequestHandlerImpl.processRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:470)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.RequestHandlerImpl.handleRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:294)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.RequestHandlerImpl.doPost(RequestHandlerImpl.java:203)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.RequestHandlerImpl.handleHttpRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:129)
    at org.jboss.wsf.common.servlet.AbstractEndpointServlet.service(AbstractEndpointServlet.java:85)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
        ...

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.x
  • JBossWS Native

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