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  "id": "java/ssl-exception-untrusted-cert",
  "signature": "javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: certificate_unknown",
  "signature_zh": "javax.net.ssl.SSLException: 收到致命警报: certificate_unknown",
  "regex": "javax\\.net\\.ssl\\.SSLException: Received fatal alert: certificate_unknown",
  "domain": "java",
  "category": "auth_error",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "SSLException with certificate_unknown occurs when the SSL/TLS handshake fails because the server's certificate is not trusted by the client, often due to a missing or invalid root CA in the truststore.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "带有 certificate_unknown 的 SSLException 在 SSL/TLS 握手失败时发生，因为服务器的证书不被客户端信任，通常是由于信任库中缺少或无效的根 CA。",
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      "version": "Java 8",
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      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
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    {
      "version": "Java 11",
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      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
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    {
      "version": "Java 17",
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    {
      "version": "Spring Boot 2.7",
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  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "",
      "why_fails": "The error is about trust, not cipher suite compatibility; disabling ECC may break other connections.",
      "fail_rate": 0.5,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "",
      "why_fails": "It opens the system to man-in-the-middle attacks; also, some security policies may reject such code.",
      "fail_rate": 0.95,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Import the server's certificate into the JVM truststore using keytool: keytool -import -alias myserver -keystore $JAVA_HOME/lib/security/cacerts -file server.crt -storepass changeit",
      "success_rate": 0.9,
      "how": "Import the server's certificate into the JVM truststore using keytool: keytool -import -alias myserver -keystore $JAVA_HOME/lib/security/cacerts -file server.crt -storepass changeit",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Set the system property to use a custom truststore: -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/truststore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit",
      "success_rate": 0.85,
      "how": "Set the system property to use a custom truststore: -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/truststore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [
    "Import the server's certificate into the JVM truststore using keytool: keytool -import -alias myserver -keystore $JAVA_HOME/lib/security/cacerts -file server.crt -storepass changeit",
    "Set the system property to use a custom truststore: -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/truststore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit"
  ],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": "https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/jsse/JSSERefGuide.html",
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.84,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.88,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2023-06-12",
  "last_confirmed": "2024-06-01",
  "last_updated": "2024-06-01",
  "evidence_count": 1,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": []
}