Re: [HTCondor-users] Problems with OpenSSL 3.5.1

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another workaround is to set DELEGATE_JOB_GSI_CREDENTIALS=False in your HTCondor configuration files. This is not considered best practice, since it sends the private key over the network (encrypted), but is generally safe.

 - Jaime

On Nov 12, 2025, at 4:20âPM, Todd Tannenbaum via HTCondor-users <htcondor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11/12/2025 8:43 AM, Matthias Schnepf wrote:

Hi all,

We updated openssl via autoupdates this morning to version 3.5.1 on RHEL9. Since then, no new jobs have started. In the ShadowLog on the CE we found a problem with openssl 3.5.1.

Hi Matthias,

Thank you for reporting this, we will investigate.   Stay tuned.   Glad downgrading OpenSSL solved the problem for you in the immediate term.... but downgrading security libraries imho is most definitely not a long-term fix!  :)

At first blush, it may be related to this change in OpenSSL:
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/24677

The whole notion of  x509 proxy certs is does not get much love in OpenSSL, which is why we have been trying to move the community away from x509 proxies to tokens for years....

regards,
Todd

From our ShadowLog

11/12/25 10:57:11 (pid:522121) (D_ALWAYS) (1121027.0) (522111): Delegation error: C067501B957F0000:error:05800091:x509 certificate routines:X509_REQ_verify_ex:unsupported version:crypto/x509/x_all.c:47:

11/12/25 10:57:11 (pid:522121) (D_ALWAYS) (1121027.0) (522111): Delegation error: 
11/12/25 10:57:11 (pid:522121) (D_ALWAYS) (1121027.0) (522111): ReliSock::put_x509_delegation(): delegation failed: X509Credential::Delegate() failed
11/12/25 10:57:11 (pid:522121) (D_ALWAYS) (1121027.0) (522111): Transfer exit info: Success = False | Error[13.0] = '|Error: sending file /var/lib/condor-ce/spool/4393/29/cluster554393.proc29.subproc0/tmp7ght7u55' | Ack = DOWNLOAD | Line = 5580 | Files 
= 0 | Retry = True
11/12/25 10:57:11 (pid:522121) (D_ALWAYS) (1121027.0) (522111): DoUpload: SHADOW at 2a00:139c:a:a:86d2:5ee9:4b76:3e82 failed to send file(s) to <[2a00:139c:9:8::b0]:43045>: |Error: sending file /var/lib/condor-ce/spool/4393/29/cluster554393.proc29.subpr
oc0/tmp7ght7u55; STARTER at 2a00:139c:9:8::b0 - |Error: receiving file /tmp/condor_execute/dir_881536/tmp7ght7u55
11/12/25 10:57:11 (pid:522111) (D_ALWAYS) (1121027.0) (522111): File transfer failed (status=0).

Therefore, the proxy delegation does not work, and the proxy file cannot be copied to the WN. I found an issue with openssl that produces the same error message [1]. I'm not sure if this is a new behavior or a bug in the new openssl version. A downgrade to openssl 3.2.2 fixed the problem for us. Our CEs on RHEL8 are not affected since the new openssl version is not available there by default.

Regards,

Matthias

[1] https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/28761

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