Cannot reconstruct query for signature verification – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

March-22, Version: 1.7-8.0

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Cannot reconstruct query for signature verification ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: query, plugin.

Log Context

Log “Cannot reconstruct query for signature verification”classname  is SamlAuthnRequestValidator.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

try {
 return relayState == null
 ? "SAMLRequest=" + urlEncode(samlRequest) + "&SigAlg=" + urlEncode(sigAlg)
 : "SAMLRequest=" + urlEncode(samlRequest) + "&RelayState=" + urlEncode(relayState) + "&SigAlg=" + urlEncode(sigAlg);
 } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 throw new ElasticsearchSecurityException("Cannot reconstruct query for signature verification"; e);
 }
 }
 }
 }

 

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