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X.509 Certificate Parser (java, written by Claude Code)
envgap__claude-code__java-t3-16
Written by a coding agent; not on GitHubWritten 2026-02-28
01 / FAILURE SIGNATURE
Captured in a clean container
error: no classes were compiled
02 / ENVIRONMENT RECIPE
- Base commit
8bbef59bd9baaa2cf25386e6c9be0116aa7a0e48- Manifest
pom.xml- Reproduce
jar=$(ls target/*-jar-with-dependencies.jar target/*-shaded.jar target/*-all.jar 2>/dev/null | head -n1); [ -n "$jar" ] || jar=$(ls -S target/*.jar 2>/dev/null | grep -v -e '/original-' -e '-sources.jar$' -e '-javadoc.jar$' -e '-tests.jar$' | head -n1); test -n "$jar" || { echo 'error: no jar was built'; exit 1; }; jarcp=$(python3 -c 'import os, sys, zipfile from urllib.parse import unquote jar = sys.argv[1] try: text = zipfile.ZipFile(jar).read("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF").decode("utf-8", "replace") except (KeyError, OSError, zipfile.BadZipFile): text = "" text = text.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n").replace("\n ", "") found = [line.split(":", 1)[1].split() for line in text.split("\n") if line.lower().startswith("class-path:")] entries = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(jar), unquote(entry)) for entry in (found[0] if found else [])] print(":".join([jar] + [entry for entry in entries if os.path.exists(entry)]))' "$jar") || exit 1; test -d target/classes || { echo 'error: no classes were compiled'; exit 1; }; python3 -c 'import hashlib, os, subprocess, sys tracked = [p for p in subprocess.run(["git", "ls-files", "-z", "--", "*.java"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode().split("\0") if p] digest = lambda p: hashlib.sha256(open(p, "rb").read()).hexdigest() own = {digest(p) for p in tracked if os.path.isfile(p)} names = {os.path.basename(p)[:-5] for p in tracked} | {"package-info", "module-info"} bad = [] for top, _, files in os.walk("target"): for name in files: path = os.path.join(top, name) if name.endswith(".java") and digest(path) not in own: bad.append(path) elif top.startswith(os.path.join("target", "classes")) and name.endswith(".class") and name[:-6].split("$")[0] not in names: bad.append(path) if bad: print("\n".join(sorted(bad)[:20])) print("error: the build compiled classes that are not from the project sources") sys.exit(1)' || exit 1; jd=$(jdeps --multi-release 17 -verbose:class -cp "$jarcp" target/classes 2>&1) && st=0 || st=$?; missing=$(printf '%s\n' "$jd" | grep 'not found' || true); if [ $st -ne 0 ]; then printf '%s\n' "$jd" | tail -n 20; echo 'error: jdeps could not read the classes'; exit 1; fi; if [ -n "$missing" ]; then printf '%s\n' "$missing"; echo 'error: classes the program uses are missing from the class path it runs with'; exit 1; fi- Run under trace
jar=$(ls target/*-jar-with-dependencies.jar target/*-shaded.jar target/*-all.jar 2>/dev/null | head -n1); [ -n "$jar" ] || jar=$(ls -S target/*.jar 2>/dev/null | grep -v -e '/original-' -e '-sources.jar$' -e '-javadoc.jar$' -e '-tests.jar$' | head -n1); test -n "$jar" || { echo 'error: no jar was built'; exit 1; }; rc=0; out=$(timeout 60 java -jar "$jar" < /dev/null 2>&1 | { head -c 1000000; cat > /dev/null; }; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}) || rc=$?; printf '%s\n' "$out"; env_error='(ModuleNotFoundError|ImportError|No module named|cannot open shared object file|DLL load failed|shared library|cannot load library|Library not loaded|Cannot find module|ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND|MODULE_NOT_FOUND|ERR_REQUIRE_ESM|compiled against a different Node|Could not find or load main class|ClassNotFoundException|NoClassDefFoundError|UnsupportedClassVersionError|UnsatisfiedLinkError|NoSuchMethodError|NoSuchFieldError|AbstractMethodError|IncompatibleClassChangeError|IllegalAccessError|ServiceConfigurationError|error while loading shared libraries|symbol lookup error|version `[^'"'"']*'"'"' not found|command not found)'; asked='(^| )[[:blank:]]*usage:|the following arguments are required|missing (required )?(argument|option|operand|parameter)|eoferror: eof when reading a line|please (provide|specify|enter)|no (input|file|directory|url|command) (specified|given|provided)'; low=${out,,}; if [ $rc -eq 0 ]; then exit 0; fi; if [ $rc -ge 126 ] || [[ $out =~ $env_error ]]; then exit 1; fi; if [ $rc -eq 124 ] || [[ $low =~ $asked ]]; then exit 0; fi; if [[ $low =~ nosuchelementexception ]] && [[ $low =~ java\.util\.scanner ]]; then exit 0; fi; exit 1
Reference environment fix used for admission
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 075ab6a..94330bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,23 @@
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
+ <configuration>
+ <filters>
+ <filter>
+ <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+ <excludes>
+ <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+ <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+ <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+ </excludes>
+ </filter>
+ </filters>
+ <transformers>
+ <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+ <mainClass>CertParser</mainClass>
+ </transformer>
+ </transformers>
+ </configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/CertParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,546 @@
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.security.*;
+import java.security.cert.*;
+import java.security.cert.Certificate;
+import java.security.interfaces.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+import org.bouncycastle.asn1.*;
+import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.*;
+import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.Extension;
+import org.bouncycastle.cert.X509CertificateHolder;
+import org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce.JcaX509CertificateConverter;
+import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider;
+import org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser;
+import org.bouncycastle.util.encoders.Hex;
+
+import picocli.CommandLine;
+import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
+import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
+import picocli.CommandLine.Parameters;
+
+/**
+ * X.509 Certificate Parser using Bouncy Castle, Jackson, and picocli.
+ *
+ * Parses X.509 certificates in PEM and DER formats, extracts all fields
+ * and extensions, and validates certificate chains.
+ */
+@Command(name = "certparser", mixinStandardHelpOptions = true, version = "1.0.0",
+ description = "X.509 Certificate Parser - parse and validate X.509 certificates",
+ subcommands = {CertParser.ParseCommand.class, CertParser.ValidateCommand.class})
+public class CertParser implements Runnable {
+
+ private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper()
+ .enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
+
+ static {
+ Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void run() {
+ CommandLine.usage(this, System.out);
+ }
+
+ // ---- Certificate loading ----
+
+ public static X509Certificate loadCertificate(String filePath) throws Exception {
+ byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath));
+ String content = new String(data);
+
+ if (content.contains("-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----")) {
+ return loadPemCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
+ } else {
+ return loadDerCertificate(data);
+ }
+ }
+
+ private static X509Certificate loadPemCertificate(InputStream input) throws Exception {
+ try (PEMParser parser = new PEMParser(new InputStreamReader(input))) {
+ Object obj = parser.readObject();
+ if (obj instanceof X509CertificateHolder) {
+ return new JcaX509CertificateConverter()
+ .setProvider("BC")
+ .getCertificate((X509CertificateHolder) obj);
+ }
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid PEM certificate");
+ }
+ }
+
+ private static X509Certificate loadDerCertificate(byte[] data) throws Exception {
+ CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509", "BC");
+ return (X509Certificate) cf.generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
+ }
+
+ public static List<X509Certificate> loadCertificateChain(String filePath) throws Exception {
+ List<X509Certificate> chain = new ArrayList<>();
+ byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath));
+
+ try (PEMParser parser = new PEMParser(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(data)))) {
+ Object obj;
+ JcaX509CertificateConverter converter = new JcaX509CertificateConverter().setProvider("BC");
+ while ((obj = parser.readObject()) != null) {
+ if (obj instanceof X509CertificateHolder) {
+ chain.add(converter.getCertificate((X509CertificateHolder) obj));
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return chain;
+ }
+
+ // ---- Fingerprints ----
+
+ private static String fingerprint(X509Certificate cert, String algorithm) throws Exception {
+ MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm);
+ byte[] digest = md.digest(cert.getEncoded());
+ return Hex.toHexString(digest);
+ }
+
+ // ---- JSON helpers ----
+
+ private static ObjectNode nameToJson(String dnString) {
+ ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ String[] parts = dnString.split(",(?=(?:[^\"]*\"[^\"]*\")*[^\"]*$)");
+ for (String part : parts) {
+ String trimmed = part.trim();
+ int eq = trimmed.indexOf('=');
+ if (eq > 0) {
+ String key = trimmed.substring(0, eq).trim();
+ String value = trimmed.substring(eq + 1).trim();
+ obj.put(key, value);
+ }
+ }
+ return obj;
+ }
+
+ private static ObjectNode publicKeyToJson(PublicKey key) {
+ ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ if (key instanceof RSAPublicKey) {
+ RSAPublicKey rsaKey = (RSAPublicKey) key;
+ obj.put("algorithm", "RSA");
+ obj.put("keySize", rsaKey.getModulus().bitLength());
+ obj.put("exponent", rsaKey.getPublicExponent().intValue());
+ } else if (key instanceof ECPublicKey) {
+ ECPublicKey ecKey = (ECPublicKey) key;
+ obj.put("algorithm", "EC");
+ obj.put("keySize", ecKey.getParams().getOrder().bitLength());
+ } else if (key instanceof DSAPublicKey) {
+ DSAPublicKey dsaKey = (DSAPublicKey) key;
+ obj.put("algorithm", "DSA");
+ obj.put("keySize", dsaKey.getParams().getP().bitLength());
+ } else {
+ obj.put("algorithm", key.getAlgorithm());
+ }
+ return obj;
+ }
+
+ private static String getExtensionName(String oid) {
+ Map<String, String> names = new HashMap<>();
+ names.put(Extension.basicConstraints.getId(), "basicConstraints");
+ names.put(Extension.keyUsage.getId(), "keyUsage");
+ names.put(Extension.extendedKeyUsage.getId(), "extendedKeyUsage");
+ names.put(Extension.subjectAlternativeName.getId(), "subjectAlternativeName");
+ names.put(Extension.subjectKeyIdentifier.getId(), "subjectKeyIdentifier");
+ names.put(Extension.authorityKeyIdentifier.getId(), "authorityKeyIdentifier");
+ names.put(Extension.cRLDistributionPoints.getId(), "cRLDistributionPoints");
+ names.put(Extension.authorityInfoAccess.getId(), "authorityInfoAccess");
+ names.put(Extension.certificatePolicies.getId(), "certificatePolicies");
+ names.put(Extension.nameConstraints.getId(), "nameConstraints");
+ names.put(Extension.policyConstraints.getId(), "policyConstraints");
+ names.put(Extension.inhibitAnyPolicy.getId(), "inhibitAnyPolicy");
+ return names.getOrDefault(oid, oid);
+ }
+
+ private static String getEkuName(KeyPurposeId kp) {
+ if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_serverAuth)) return "serverAuth";
+ if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_clientAuth)) return "clientAuth";
+ if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_codeSigning)) return "codeSigning";
+ if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_emailProtection)) return "emailProtection";
+ if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_timeStamping)) return "timeStamping";
+ if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_OCSPSigning)) return "ocspSigning";
+ return kp.getId();
+ }
+
+ private static ArrayNode formatGeneralNames(GeneralNames gns) {
+ ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+ for (GeneralName gn : gns.getNames()) {
+ ObjectNode entry = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ String type;
+ switch (gn.getTagNo()) {
+ case GeneralName.dNSName: type = "DNS"; break;
+ case GeneralName.iPAddress: type = "IP"; break;
+ case GeneralName.rfc822Name: type = "email"; break;
+ case GeneralName.uniformResourceIdentifier: type = "URI"; break;
+ case GeneralName.directoryName: type = "directoryName"; break;
+ default: type = "other(" + gn.getTagNo() + ")"; break;
+ }
+ entry.put("type", type);
+ entry.put("value", gn.getName().toString());
+ arr.add(entry);
+ }
+ return arr;
+ }
+
+ // ---- Extension parsing ----
+
+ private static Object parseExtensionValue(X509Certificate cert, String oidStr) {
+ try {
+ byte[] extValue = cert.getExtensionValue(oidStr);
+ if (extValue == null) return null;
+
+ ASN1OctetString octetString = ASN1OctetString.getInstance(extValue);
+ byte[] octets = octetString.getOctets();
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.basicConstraints.getId())) {
+ BasicConstraints bc = BasicConstraints.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
+ ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ obj.put("ca", bc.isCA());
+ if (bc.getPathLenConstraint() != null) {
+ obj.put("pathLength", bc.getPathLenConstraint().intValue());
+ } else {
+ obj.putNull("pathLength");
+ }
+ return obj;
+ }
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.keyUsage.getId())) {
+ org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage ku =
+ org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.getInstance(ASN1BitString.getInstance(octets));
+ ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ obj.put("digitalSignature", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.digitalSignature));
+ obj.put("nonRepudiation", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.nonRepudiation));
+ obj.put("keyEncipherment", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.keyEncipherment));
+ obj.put("dataEncipherment", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.dataEncipherment));
+ obj.put("keyAgreement", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.keyAgreement));
+ obj.put("keyCertSign", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.keyCertSign));
+ obj.put("cRLSign", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.cRLSign));
+ obj.put("encipherOnly", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.encipherOnly));
+ obj.put("decipherOnly", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.decipherOnly));
+ return obj;
+ }
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.extendedKeyUsage.getId())) {
+ ExtendedKeyUsage eku = ExtendedKeyUsage.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
+ ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+ for (KeyPurposeId kp : eku.getUsages()) {
+ arr.add(getEkuName(kp));
+ }
+ return arr;
+ }
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.subjectAlternativeName.getId())) {
+ GeneralNames gns = GeneralNames.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
+ return formatGeneralNames(gns);
+ }
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.subjectKeyIdentifier.getId())) {
+ SubjectKeyIdentifier ski = SubjectKeyIdentifier.getInstance(octets);
+ ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ obj.put("keyIdentifier", Hex.toHexString(ski.getKeyIdentifier()));
+ return obj;
+ }
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.authorityKeyIdentifier.getId())) {
+ AuthorityKeyIdentifier aki = AuthorityKeyIdentifier.getInstance(
+ ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
+ ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ if (aki.getKeyIdentifier() != null) {
+ obj.put("keyIdentifier", Hex.toHexString(aki.getKeyIdentifier()));
+ }
+ if (aki.getAuthorityCertSerialNumber() != null) {
+ obj.put("authorityCertSerialNumber", aki.getAuthorityCertSerialNumber().toString());
+ }
+ return obj;
+ }
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.cRLDistributionPoints.getId())) {
+ CRLDistPoint cdp = CRLDistPoint.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
+ ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+ for (DistributionPoint dp : cdp.getDistributionPoints()) {
+ ObjectNode point = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ if (dp.getDistributionPoint() != null) {
+ DistributionPointName dpName = dp.getDistributionPoint();
+ if (dpName.getType() == DistributionPointName.FULL_NAME) {
+ GeneralNames gns = GeneralNames.getInstance(dpName.getName());
+ ArrayNode names = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+ for (GeneralName gn : gns.getNames()) {
+ names.add(gn.getName().toString());
+ }
+ point.set("fullName", names);
+ }
+ }
+ arr.add(point);
+ }
+ return arr;
+ }
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.authorityInfoAccess.getId())) {
+ AuthorityInformationAccess aia = AuthorityInformationAccess.getInstance(
+ ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
+ ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+ for (AccessDescription ad : aia.getAccessDescriptions()) {
+ ObjectNode entry = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ String method;
+ if (ad.getAccessMethod().equals(AccessDescription.id_ad_ocsp)) {
+ method = "ocsp";
+ } else if (ad.getAccessMethod().equals(AccessDescription.id_ad_caIssuers)) {
+ method = "caIssuers";
+ } else {
+ method = ad.getAccessMethod().getId();
+ }
+ entry.put("accessMethod", method);
+ entry.put("accessLocation", ad.getAccessLocation().getName().toString());
+ arr.add(entry);
+ }
+ return arr;
+ }
+
+ if (oidStr.equals(Extension.certificatePolicies.getId())) {
+ ASN1Sequence seq = ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets);
+ ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+ for (ASN1Encodable enc : seq) {
+ PolicyInformation pi = PolicyInformation.getInstance(enc);
+ ObjectNode entry = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ entry.put("policyIdentifier", pi.getPolicyIdentifier().getId());
+ arr.add(entry);
+ }
+ return arr;
+ }
+
+ return Hex.toHexString(octets);
+
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ return "Error parsing: " + e.getMessage();
+ }
+ }
+
+ // ---- Certificate parsing ----
+
+ public static ObjectNode parseCertificate(X509Certificate cert) throws Exception {
+ ObjectNode result = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+
+ result.put("version", cert.getVersion());
+ result.put("serialNumber", cert.getSerialNumber().toString(16));
+ result.put("signatureAlgorithm", cert.getSigAlgName());
+
+ result.set("issuer", nameToJson(cert.getIssuerX500Principal().getName()));
+ result.set("subject", nameToJson(cert.getSubjectX500Principal().getName()));
+
+ ObjectNode validity = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ validity.put("notBefore", cert.getNotBefore().toInstant().toString());
+ validity.put("notAfter", cert.getNotAfter().toInstant().toString());
+ result.set("validity", validity);
+
+ result.set("publicKeyInfo", publicKeyToJson(cert.getPublicKey()));
+
+ // Extensions
+ ArrayNode extensions = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+ Set<String> criticalOids = cert.getCriticalExtensionOIDs();
+ Set<String> nonCriticalOids = cert.getNonCriticalExtensionOIDs();
+ if (criticalOids == null) criticalOids = new HashSet<>();
+ if (nonCriticalOids == null) nonCriticalOids = new HashSet<>();
+
+ Set<String> allOids = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+ allOids.addAll(criticalOids);
+ allOids.addAll(nonCriticalOids);
+
+ for (String oid : allOids) {
+ ObjectNode extObj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ extObj.put("oid", oid);
+ extObj.put("name", getExtensionName(oid));
+ extObj.put("critical", criticalOids.contains(oid));
+
+ Object value = parseExtensionValue(cert, oid);
+ if (value instanceof ObjectNode) {
+ extObj.set("value", (ObjectNode) value);
+ } else if (value instanceof ArrayNode) {
+ extObj.set("value", (ArrayNode) value);
+ } else if (value == null) {
+ extObj.putNull("value");
+ } else {
+ extObj.put("value", value.toString());
+ }
+ extensions.add(extObj);
+ }
+ result.set("extensions", extensions);
+
+ // Fingerprints
+ ObjectNode fps = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ fps.put("sha256", fingerprint(cert, "SHA-256"));
+ fps.put("sha1", fingerprint(cert, "SHA-1"));
+ fps.put("md5", fingerprint(cert, "MD5"));
+ result.set("fingerprints", fps);
+
+ result.put("signatureValue", Hex.toHexString(cert.getSignature()));
+
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ // ---- Chain validation ----
+
+ public static ObjectNode validateChain(List<X509Certificate> chain) {
+ ObjectNode result = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ result.put("chainLength", chain.size());
+
+ boolean valid = true;
+ ArrayNode errors = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+ ArrayNode certResults = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+
+ Date now = new Date();
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < chain.size(); i++) {
+ X509Certificate cert = chain.get(i);
+ ObjectNode certObj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+ certObj.put("index", i);
+ certObj.put("subject", cert.getSubjectX500Principal().getName());
+ certObj.put("issuer", cert.getIssuerX500Principal().getName());
+
+ boolean validPeriod = true;
+ try {
+ cert.checkValidity(now);
+ } catch (CertificateExpiredException e) {
+ validPeriod = false;
+ errors.add("Certificate at index " + i + " has expired");
+ valid = false;
+ } catch (CertificateNotYetValidException e) {
+ validPeriod = false;
+ errors.add("Certificate at index " + i + " is not yet valid");
+ valid = false;
+ }
+ certObj.put("validityCheck", validPeriod);
+
+ boolean sigOk = false;
+ if (i < chain.size() - 1) {
+ X509Certificate issuerCert = chain.get(i + 1);
+ try {
+ cert.verify(issuerCert.getPublicKey(), "BC");
+ sigOk = true;
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ errors.add("Signature verification failed at index " + i + ": " + e.getMessage());
+ valid = false;
+ }
+ } else {
+ try {
+ cert.verify(cert.getPublicKey(), "BC");
+ sigOk = true;
+ certObj.put("selfSigned", true);
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ certObj.put("selfSigned", false);
+ errors.add("Root certificate at index " + i + " is not self-signed");
+ valid = false;
+ }
+ }
+ certObj.put("signatureCheck", sigOk);
+
+ if (i < chain.size() - 1) {
+ X509Certificate issuerCert = chain.get(i + 1);
+ int bc = issuerCert.getBasicConstraints();
+ if (bc < 0) {
+ errors.add("Certificate at index " + (i + 1) + " is not a CA");
+ valid = false;
+ }
+ }
+
+ certResults.add(certObj);
+ }
+
+ result.set("certificates", certResults);
+ result.put("valid", valid);
+ result.set("errors", errors);
+
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ // ---- CLI Commands ----
+
+ @Command(name = "parse", description = "Parse an X.509 certificate and display all fields")
+ static class ParseCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
+
+ @Parameters(index = "0", description = "Path to PEM or DER encoded certificate")
+ private String certificateFile;
+
+ @Option(names = {"-o", "--output"}, description = "Write JSON output to file")
+ private String outputFile;
+
+ @Override
+ public Integer call() {
+ try {
+ System.out.println("Parsing certificate: " + certificateFile);
+ X509Certificate cert = loadCertificate(certificateFile);
+ ObjectNode parsed = parseCertificate(cert);
+ String json = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(parsed);
+
+ if (outputFile != null) {
+ Files.writeString(Paths.get(outputFile), json);
+ System.out.println("Output written to " + outputFile);
+ } else {
+ System.out.println(json);
+ }
+ return 0;
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ @Command(name = "validate", description = "Validate an X.509 certificate chain")
+ static class ValidateCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
+
+ @Parameters(index = "0", description = "Path to PEM or DER encoded certificate")
+ private String certificateFile;
+
+ @Option(names = {"-c", "--chain"}, description = "PEM file with certificate chain")
+ private String chainFile;
+
+ @Option(names = {"-o", "--output"}, description = "Write JSON output to file")
+ private String outputFile;
+
+ @Override
+ public Integer call() {
+ try {
+ System.out.println("Parsing certificate: " + certificateFile);
+ X509Certificate cert = loadCertificate(certificateFile);
+ ObjectNode parsed = parseCertificate(cert);
+ System.out.println(MAPPER.writeValueAsString(parsed));
+
+ List<X509Certificate> chain;
+ if (chainFile != null) {
+ System.out.println("\nValidating certificate chain: " + chainFile);
+ chain = loadCertificateChain(chainFile);
+ } else {
+ chain = List.of(cert);
+ }
+
+ ObjectNode validation = validateChain(chain);
+ String json = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(validation);
+
+ if (outputFile != null) {
+ Files.writeString(Paths.get(outputFile), json);
+ System.out.println("\nValidation output written to " + outputFile);
+ } else {
+ System.out.println("\n" + json);
+ }
+ return 0;
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ int exitCode = new CommandLine(new CertParser()).execute(args);
+ System.exit(exitCode);
+ }
+}
03 / TASK AND FAILURE
claude-code/java-t3 #16 · read the task the agent was given
Claude Code wrote this java project from the task below. It does not run on a clean Ubuntu 22.04 machine as written. Task given to the agent: TASK: X.509 Certificate Parser Write a program that parses X.509 digital certificates in PEM and DER formats, extracts all fields, validates the certificate chain, and checks expiration status. FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS: - Accept a certificate file path as a command-line argument (support both PEM and DER formats, auto-detected) - Extract and display all certificate fields: version, serial number, issuer, subject, validity period (not before/not after), public key algorithm and size, signature algorithm, and fingerprints (SHA-1, SHA-256) - Parse all X.509 v3 extensions: Subject Alternative Names (SANs), Key Usage, Extended Key Usage, Basic Constraints, Authority/Subject Key Identifiers, CRL Distribution Points - Check certificate expiration: report if expired, days until expiration, or days since expiration - Validate a certificate chain when multiple certificates are provided: verify that each certificate is signed by the next one in the chain - Support reading certificate bundles (multiple PEM certificates concatenated in one file) and parsing each individually - Support a --format flag to choose output format: text (default human-readable), json, or csv - Support fetching and parsing a remote server's certificate via --host flag (given a hostname and optional port) - Print the parsed certificate details to console in a structured, readable format - Save the output to a file via --output flag - If no input is given, generate a self-signed CA certificate and a leaf certificate signed by it, then parse both and demonstrate chain validation - Handle errors: invalid certificate data, unsupported formats, incomplete chains, and encoding issues Create a complete Java project for a clean Ubuntu 22.04 machine with only JDK 17+ installed. Include: - Source code - pom.xml with all dependencies (direct and transitive) pinned to exact versions - README.md with setup instructions, dependency explanations, build steps, run commands, and expected output
04 / LABELS
Labels checked by running the task · needs human review
misspecificationLabel rules and the text that matched
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{
"category": "misspecification",
"rule": "signature.build_layout_mismatch",
"source": "failure_signature",
"excerpt": "error: no classes were compiled"
}
]Written by Claude Code (study run M1T3P16L2). It failed as written and was repaired by changing only its environment.
Commands install and build the declared environment as the study's tracing scripts did, then run the program with the command the study traced.
Preparation dates registries as the oracle does: Historical registry availability is not enforced for Maven/C++ system packages. Maven updatePolicy controls refresh frequency, not publication date.
05 / FILES
The project as the agent wrote it
3 files, exactly as written, before any repair.
CertParser.java
import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.security.*;
import java.security.cert.*;
import java.security.cert.Certificate;
import java.security.interfaces.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.*;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.*;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.Extension;
import org.bouncycastle.cert.X509CertificateHolder;
import org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce.JcaX509CertificateConverter;
import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider;
import org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser;
import org.bouncycastle.util.encoders.Hex;
import picocli.CommandLine;
import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
import picocli.CommandLine.Parameters;
/**
* X.509 Certificate Parser using Bouncy Castle, Jackson, and picocli.
*
* Parses X.509 certificates in PEM and DER formats, extracts all fields
* and extensions, and validates certificate chains.
*/
@Command(name = "certparser", mixinStandardHelpOptions = true, version = "1.0.0",
description = "X.509 Certificate Parser - parse and validate X.509 certificates",
subcommands = {CertParser.ParseCommand.class, CertParser.ValidateCommand.class})
public class CertParser implements Runnable {
private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper()
.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
static {
Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());
}
@Override
public void run() {
CommandLine.usage(this, System.out);
}
// ---- Certificate loading ----
public static X509Certificate loadCertificate(String filePath) throws Exception {
byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath));
String content = new String(data);
if (content.contains("-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----")) {
return loadPemCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
} else {
return loadDerCertificate(data);
}
}
private static X509Certificate loadPemCertificate(InputStream input) throws Exception {
try (PEMParser parser = new PEMParser(new InputStreamReader(input))) {
Object obj = parser.readObject();
if (obj instanceof X509CertificateHolder) {
return new JcaX509CertificateConverter()
.setProvider("BC")
.getCertificate((X509CertificateHolder) obj);
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid PEM certificate");
}
}
private static X509Certificate loadDerCertificate(byte[] data) throws Exception {
CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509", "BC");
return (X509Certificate) cf.generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
}
public static List<X509Certificate> loadCertificateChain(String filePath) throws Exception {
List<X509Certificate> chain = new ArrayList<>();
byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath));
try (PEMParser parser = new PEMParser(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(data)))) {
Object obj;
JcaX509CertificateConverter converter = new JcaX509CertificateConverter().setProvider("BC");
while ((obj = parser.readObject()) != null) {
if (obj instanceof X509CertificateHolder) {
chain.add(converter.getCertificate((X509CertificateHolder) obj));
}
}
}
return chain;
}
// ---- Fingerprints ----
private static String fingerprint(X509Certificate cert, String algorithm) throws Exception {
MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm);
byte[] digest = md.digest(cert.getEncoded());
return Hex.toHexString(digest);
}
// ---- JSON helpers ----
private static ObjectNode nameToJson(String dnString) {
ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
String[] parts = dnString.split(",(?=(?:[^\"]*\"[^\"]*\")*[^\"]*$)");
for (String part : parts) {
String trimmed = part.trim();
int eq = trimmed.indexOf('=');
if (eq > 0) {
String key = trimmed.substring(0, eq).trim();
String value = trimmed.substring(eq + 1).trim();
obj.put(key, value);
}
}
return obj;
}
private static ObjectNode publicKeyToJson(PublicKey key) {
ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
if (key instanceof RSAPublicKey) {
RSAPublicKey rsaKey = (RSAPublicKey) key;
obj.put("algorithm", "RSA");
obj.put("keySize", rsaKey.getModulus().bitLength());
obj.put("exponent", rsaKey.getPublicExponent().intValue());
} else if (key instanceof ECPublicKey) {
ECPublicKey ecKey = (ECPublicKey) key;
obj.put("algorithm", "EC");
obj.put("keySize", ecKey.getParams().getOrder().bitLength());
} else if (key instanceof DSAPublicKey) {
DSAPublicKey dsaKey = (DSAPublicKey) key;
obj.put("algorithm", "DSA");
obj.put("keySize", dsaKey.getParams().getP().bitLength());
} else {
obj.put("algorithm", key.getAlgorithm());
}
return obj;
}
private static String getExtensionName(String oid) {
Map<String, String> names = new HashMap<>();
names.put(Extension.basicConstraints.getId(), "basicConstraints");
names.put(Extension.keyUsage.getId(), "keyUsage");
names.put(Extension.extendedKeyUsage.getId(), "extendedKeyUsage");
names.put(Extension.subjectAlternativeName.getId(), "subjectAlternativeName");
names.put(Extension.subjectKeyIdentifier.getId(), "subjectKeyIdentifier");
names.put(Extension.authorityKeyIdentifier.getId(), "authorityKeyIdentifier");
names.put(Extension.cRLDistributionPoints.getId(), "cRLDistributionPoints");
names.put(Extension.authorityInfoAccess.getId(), "authorityInfoAccess");
names.put(Extension.certificatePolicies.getId(), "certificatePolicies");
names.put(Extension.nameConstraints.getId(), "nameConstraints");
names.put(Extension.policyConstraints.getId(), "policyConstraints");
names.put(Extension.inhibitAnyPolicy.getId(), "inhibitAnyPolicy");
return names.getOrDefault(oid, oid);
}
private static String getEkuName(KeyPurposeId kp) {
if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_serverAuth)) return "serverAuth";
if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_clientAuth)) return "clientAuth";
if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_codeSigning)) return "codeSigning";
if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_emailProtection)) return "emailProtection";
if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_timeStamping)) return "timeStamping";
if (kp.equals(KeyPurposeId.id_kp_OCSPSigning)) return "ocspSigning";
return kp.getId();
}
private static ArrayNode formatGeneralNames(GeneralNames gns) {
ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
for (GeneralName gn : gns.getNames()) {
ObjectNode entry = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
String type;
switch (gn.getTagNo()) {
case GeneralName.dNSName: type = "DNS"; break;
case GeneralName.iPAddress: type = "IP"; break;
case GeneralName.rfc822Name: type = "email"; break;
case GeneralName.uniformResourceIdentifier: type = "URI"; break;
case GeneralName.directoryName: type = "directoryName"; break;
default: type = "other(" + gn.getTagNo() + ")"; break;
}
entry.put("type", type);
entry.put("value", gn.getName().toString());
arr.add(entry);
}
return arr;
}
// ---- Extension parsing ----
private static Object parseExtensionValue(X509Certificate cert, String oidStr) {
try {
byte[] extValue = cert.getExtensionValue(oidStr);
if (extValue == null) return null;
ASN1OctetString octetString = ASN1OctetString.getInstance(extValue);
byte[] octets = octetString.getOctets();
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.basicConstraints.getId())) {
BasicConstraints bc = BasicConstraints.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
obj.put("ca", bc.isCA());
if (bc.getPathLenConstraint() != null) {
obj.put("pathLength", bc.getPathLenConstraint().intValue());
} else {
obj.putNull("pathLength");
}
return obj;
}
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.keyUsage.getId())) {
org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage ku =
org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.getInstance(ASN1BitString.getInstance(octets));
ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
obj.put("digitalSignature", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.digitalSignature));
obj.put("nonRepudiation", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.nonRepudiation));
obj.put("keyEncipherment", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.keyEncipherment));
obj.put("dataEncipherment", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.dataEncipherment));
obj.put("keyAgreement", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.keyAgreement));
obj.put("keyCertSign", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.keyCertSign));
obj.put("cRLSign", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.cRLSign));
obj.put("encipherOnly", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.encipherOnly));
obj.put("decipherOnly", ku.hasUsages(org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.KeyUsage.decipherOnly));
return obj;
}
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.extendedKeyUsage.getId())) {
ExtendedKeyUsage eku = ExtendedKeyUsage.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
for (KeyPurposeId kp : eku.getUsages()) {
arr.add(getEkuName(kp));
}
return arr;
}
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.subjectAlternativeName.getId())) {
GeneralNames gns = GeneralNames.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
return formatGeneralNames(gns);
}
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.subjectKeyIdentifier.getId())) {
SubjectKeyIdentifier ski = SubjectKeyIdentifier.getInstance(octets);
ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
obj.put("keyIdentifier", Hex.toHexString(ski.getKeyIdentifier()));
return obj;
}
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.authorityKeyIdentifier.getId())) {
AuthorityKeyIdentifier aki = AuthorityKeyIdentifier.getInstance(
ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
ObjectNode obj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
if (aki.getKeyIdentifier() != null) {
obj.put("keyIdentifier", Hex.toHexString(aki.getKeyIdentifier()));
}
if (aki.getAuthorityCertSerialNumber() != null) {
obj.put("authorityCertSerialNumber", aki.getAuthorityCertSerialNumber().toString());
}
return obj;
}
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.cRLDistributionPoints.getId())) {
CRLDistPoint cdp = CRLDistPoint.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
for (DistributionPoint dp : cdp.getDistributionPoints()) {
ObjectNode point = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
if (dp.getDistributionPoint() != null) {
DistributionPointName dpName = dp.getDistributionPoint();
if (dpName.getType() == DistributionPointName.FULL_NAME) {
GeneralNames gns = GeneralNames.getInstance(dpName.getName());
ArrayNode names = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
for (GeneralName gn : gns.getNames()) {
names.add(gn.getName().toString());
}
point.set("fullName", names);
}
}
arr.add(point);
}
return arr;
}
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.authorityInfoAccess.getId())) {
AuthorityInformationAccess aia = AuthorityInformationAccess.getInstance(
ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets));
ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
for (AccessDescription ad : aia.getAccessDescriptions()) {
ObjectNode entry = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
String method;
if (ad.getAccessMethod().equals(AccessDescription.id_ad_ocsp)) {
method = "ocsp";
} else if (ad.getAccessMethod().equals(AccessDescription.id_ad_caIssuers)) {
method = "caIssuers";
} else {
method = ad.getAccessMethod().getId();
}
entry.put("accessMethod", method);
entry.put("accessLocation", ad.getAccessLocation().getName().toString());
arr.add(entry);
}
return arr;
}
if (oidStr.equals(Extension.certificatePolicies.getId())) {
ASN1Sequence seq = ASN1Sequence.getInstance(octets);
ArrayNode arr = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
for (ASN1Encodable enc : seq) {
PolicyInformation pi = PolicyInformation.getInstance(enc);
ObjectNode entry = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
entry.put("policyIdentifier", pi.getPolicyIdentifier().getId());
arr.add(entry);
}
return arr;
}
return Hex.toHexString(octets);
} catch (Exception e) {
return "Error parsing: " + e.getMessage();
}
}
// ---- Certificate parsing ----
public static ObjectNode parseCertificate(X509Certificate cert) throws Exception {
ObjectNode result = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
result.put("version", cert.getVersion());
result.put("serialNumber", cert.getSerialNumber().toString(16));
result.put("signatureAlgorithm", cert.getSigAlgName());
result.set("issuer", nameToJson(cert.getIssuerX500Principal().getName()));
result.set("subject", nameToJson(cert.getSubjectX500Principal().getName()));
ObjectNode validity = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
validity.put("notBefore", cert.getNotBefore().toInstant().toString());
validity.put("notAfter", cert.getNotAfter().toInstant().toString());
result.set("validity", validity);
result.set("publicKeyInfo", publicKeyToJson(cert.getPublicKey()));
// Extensions
ArrayNode extensions = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
Set<String> criticalOids = cert.getCriticalExtensionOIDs();
Set<String> nonCriticalOids = cert.getNonCriticalExtensionOIDs();
if (criticalOids == null) criticalOids = new HashSet<>();
if (nonCriticalOids == null) nonCriticalOids = new HashSet<>();
Set<String> allOids = new LinkedHashSet<>();
allOids.addAll(criticalOids);
allOids.addAll(nonCriticalOids);
for (String oid : allOids) {
ObjectNode extObj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
extObj.put("oid", oid);
extObj.put("name", getExtensionName(oid));
extObj.put("critical", criticalOids.contains(oid));
Object value = parseExtensionValue(cert, oid);
if (value instanceof ObjectNode) {
extObj.set("value", (ObjectNode) value);
} else if (value instanceof ArrayNode) {
extObj.set("value", (ArrayNode) value);
} else if (value == null) {
extObj.putNull("value");
} else {
extObj.put("value", value.toString());
}
extensions.add(extObj);
}
result.set("extensions", extensions);
// Fingerprints
ObjectNode fps = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
fps.put("sha256", fingerprint(cert, "SHA-256"));
fps.put("sha1", fingerprint(cert, "SHA-1"));
fps.put("md5", fingerprint(cert, "MD5"));
result.set("fingerprints", fps);
result.put("signatureValue", Hex.toHexString(cert.getSignature()));
return result;
}
// ---- Chain validation ----
public static ObjectNode validateChain(List<X509Certificate> chain) {
ObjectNode result = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
result.put("chainLength", chain.size());
boolean valid = true;
ArrayNode errors = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
ArrayNode certResults = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
Date now = new Date();
for (int i = 0; i < chain.size(); i++) {
X509Certificate cert = chain.get(i);
ObjectNode certObj = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
certObj.put("index", i);
certObj.put("subject", cert.getSubjectX500Principal().getName());
certObj.put("issuer", cert.getIssuerX500Principal().getName());
boolean validPeriod = true;
try {
cert.checkValidity(now);
} catch (CertificateExpiredException e) {
validPeriod = false;
errors.add("Certificate at index " + i + " has expired");
valid = false;
} catch (CertificateNotYetValidException e) {
validPeriod = false;
errors.add("Certificate at index " + i + " is not yet valid");
valid = false;
}
certObj.put("validityCheck", validPeriod);
boolean sigOk = false;
if (i < chain.size() - 1) {
X509Certificate issuerCert = chain.get(i + 1);
try {
cert.verify(issuerCert.getPublicKey(), "BC");
sigOk = true;
} catch (Exception e) {
errors.add("Signature verification failed at index " + i + ": " + e.getMessage());
valid = false;
}
} else {
try {
cert.verify(cert.getPublicKey(), "BC");
sigOk = true;
certObj.put("selfSigned", true);
} catch (Exception e) {
certObj.put("selfSigned", false);
errors.add("Root certificate at index " + i + " is not self-signed");
valid = false;
}
}
certObj.put("signatureCheck", sigOk);
if (i < chain.size() - 1) {
X509Certificate issuerCert = chain.get(i + 1);
int bc = issuerCert.getBasicConstraints();
if (bc < 0) {
errors.add("Certificate at index " + (i + 1) + " is not a CA");
valid = false;
}
}
certResults.add(certObj);
}
result.set("certificates", certResults);
result.put("valid", valid);
result.set("errors", errors);
return result;
}
// ---- CLI Commands ----
@Command(name = "parse", description = "Parse an X.509 certificate and display all fields")
static class ParseCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
@Parameters(index = "0", description = "Path to PEM or DER encoded certificate")
private String certificateFile;
@Option(names = {"-o", "--output"}, description = "Write JSON output to file")
private String outputFile;
@Override
public Integer call() {
try {
System.out.println("Parsing certificate: " + certificateFile);
X509Certificate cert = loadCertificate(certificateFile);
ObjectNode parsed = parseCertificate(cert);
String json = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(parsed);
if (outputFile != null) {
Files.writeString(Paths.get(outputFile), json);
System.out.println("Output written to " + outputFile);
} else {
System.out.println(json);
}
return 0;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
return 1;
}
}
}
@Command(name = "validate", description = "Validate an X.509 certificate chain")
static class ValidateCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
@Parameters(index = "0", description = "Path to PEM or DER encoded certificate")
private String certificateFile;
@Option(names = {"-c", "--chain"}, description = "PEM file with certificate chain")
private String chainFile;
@Option(names = {"-o", "--output"}, description = "Write JSON output to file")
private String outputFile;
@Override
public Integer call() {
try {
System.out.println("Parsing certificate: " + certificateFile);
X509Certificate cert = loadCertificate(certificateFile);
ObjectNode parsed = parseCertificate(cert);
System.out.println(MAPPER.writeValueAsString(parsed));
List<X509Certificate> chain;
if (chainFile != null) {
System.out.println("\nValidating certificate chain: " + chainFile);
chain = loadCertificateChain(chainFile);
} else {
chain = List.of(cert);
}
ObjectNode validation = validateChain(chain);
String json = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(validation);
if (outputFile != null) {
Files.writeString(Paths.get(outputFile), json);
System.out.println("\nValidation output written to " + outputFile);
} else {
System.out.println("\n" + json);
}
return 0;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
return 1;
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int exitCode = new CommandLine(new CertParser()).execute(args);
System.exit(exitCode);
}
}
pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.certparser</groupId>
<artifactId>x509-cert-parser</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>X.509 Certificate Parser</name>
<description>Parses X.509 certificates, extracts fields/extensions, and validates chains using Bouncy Castle, Jackson, and picocli</description>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
<artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
<version>1.77</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.16.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
<artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
<version>4.7.5</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>CertParser</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
README.md
# X.509 Certificate Parser (Java - Trial 3) An X.509 certificate parser using Bouncy Castle, Jackson, and picocli that reads PEM and DER encoded certificates, extracts all fields and extensions, and validates certificate chains. ## Dependencies - **Bouncy Castle bcpkix-jdk18on** (1.77): PKIX utilities providing PEM parsing, X.509 certificate holder conversion, ASN.1 decoding, and certificate path validation via the Bouncy Castle cryptographic provider. - **Jackson Databind** (2.16.1): High-performance JSON processor for Java used to produce structured JSON output via ObjectMapper and ObjectNode. - **picocli** (4.7.5): Modern command-line parsing framework providing subcommands, option handling, and automatic help generation. ## Build ```bash mvn clean package ``` ## Usage ### Parse a single certificate ```bash java -jar target/x509-cert-parser-1.0.0.jar parse certificate.pem ``` ### Validate a certificate chain ```bash java -jar target/x509-cert-parser-1.0.0.jar validate certificate.pem --chain chain.pem ``` ## Features - Parses PEM and DER encoded X.509 certificates - Extracts subject, issuer, validity, serial number, and signature algorithm - Extracts public key information (RSA, EC, DSA) - Extracts all standard extensions (Basic Constraints, Key Usage, EKU, SAN, SKI, AKI, CRL DP, AIA, Certificate Policies) - Computes SHA-256, SHA-1, and MD5 fingerprints - Validates certificate chains with signature verification - Checks validity periods and CA constraints - Rich CLI with subcommands via picocli - Structured JSON output via Jackson