AXSecurityException: Cannot initialize BouncyCastle provider in classpath
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Article ID: KB0071323
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Versions
TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA)
5.10.3, 5.11.x, 5.12.x
Description
Application reports security vendor initialization error like below: <------------ ERROR com.tibco.security.impl.np.SecurityVendor - Cannot initialize security vendor com.tibco.security.AXSecurityException: Cannot initialize BouncyCastle provider in classpath at com.tibco.security.impl.B.Object.o00000(SecurityVendor.java:314) at com.tibco.security.impl.B.Object.init(SecurityVendor.java:143) at com.tibco.security.impl.B.Object.init(SecurityVendor.java:88)... Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at com.tibco.security.impl.B.Object.o00000(SecurityVendor.java:297) ... 21 more Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: class "org.bouncycastle.crypto.CryptoServicesRegistrar"'s signer information does not match signer information of other classes in the same package at java.lang.ClassLoader.checkCerts(ClassLoader.java:891) at java.lang.ClassLoader.preDefineClass(ClassLoader.java:661) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:754) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:468) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:74) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:369) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:363) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:362) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:355) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351) at org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.ProvSecureHash$MD5.configure(Unknown Source) at org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.BouncyCastleFipsProvider.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.BouncyCastleFipsProvider.<init>(Unknown Source) ... 26 more -----> This possibly is because using fips .jar file and non-fips jar file together.
Issue/Introduction
AXSecurityException: Cannot initialize BouncyCastle provider in classpath
Environment
OS: All
TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA) 5.10.3, 5.11.2 or higher
Resolution
If BCFIPS is not needed, users can can disable loading of BCFIPS (bouncycastle fips jars) by appending below property to the instance's .tra file: java.property.com.tibco.security.dontInstallBcfipsProvider=true