Java Bug : Mutual HTTPS authentication not possible with a non-extractable private key with Apple/KeychainStore
Jean-Yves Cronier
cronier.jy at gmail.com
Sat May 1 12:19:53 UTC 2021
Description
I have imported my personal certificate in macOS keychain with "non-extractable" option (cf. https://ss64.com/osx/security-export.html <https://ss64.com/osx/security-export.html>).
Private key is now protected, and we can't export private key from macOS KeyChain
But I am unable to establish connexion with a web-API which require client certificate for mutual authentication with Java
It work perfectly well with curl/git, and browsers (safari/chrome)
<>System / OS / Java Runtime Information
openjdk 11.0.11
macOS 11.3
<>Reproducing the Issue
<>Steps to Reproduce
1. Add personal certificate with "non-extractable" option. Example with a personal certificate sent to me in a P12 file named "my-certificate.p12", with following command-line:
security import my-certificate.p12 -x -P « my-strong-password"
2. Connect a site require mutual authentication (for example : https://server.cryptomix.com/secure/ <https://server.cryptomix.com/secure/> )
<>Expected Result
Display content detail of selected client certificate
<>Actual Result
Error: No TLS client certificate presented
<>Source code for an executable test case
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
public class MutualAuthenticationTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType", "KeychainStore");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", "NONE");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", "-");
testUrl(new URL("https://server.cryptomix.com/secure/"));
}
public static void testUrl(URL targetUrl) throws IOException {
HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) targetUrl.openConnection();
// Open the connection
con.getResponseCode();
assert con.getLocalCertificates() != null && con.getLocalCertificates().length > 0 : "Must use a personnel certificate for mutual authentication";
X509Certificate personalCertificate = (X509Certificate) con.getLocalCertificates()[0];
assert personalCertificate.getSubjectDN() != null;
}
}
<>Workaround
No possible workaround on MacOS which Apple/KeychainStore
NB : Perfectly work on Windows/MSCAPI with personnel certificate (with non-exportable private key option)
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