Cannot read stdin from pipe into openssl x509 #6022
Description
Existing issues matching what you're seeing
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Git for Windows version
$ git --version --build-options
git version 2.41.0.windows.2
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 330483e35cabcdd966e0d4fee29153caaa9a2129
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
$ git --version --build-options
git version 2.47.0.windows.2
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 1f8a83cba6e88fad4b881885e64cfb89458e3653
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
libcurl: 8.10.1
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.2.3 3 Sep 2024
zlib: 1.3.1Windows version
Windows 11
Windows CPU architecture
x86_64 (64-bit)
Additional Windows version information
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.6901]
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.6345]Options set during installation
reproduced using portable versions, no install options applicableOther interesting things
The expected behavior noted below (via input pipe) is successful using prior Git for Windows release, as well as using:
- cygwin openssl 1.1.1n
- windows openssl 1.1.1.i
- debian 12 openssl 3.0.15
Terminal/shell
Git for Windows Bash
Commands that trigger the issue
$ git --version --build-options
git version 2.41.0.windows.2
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 330483e35cabcdd966e0d4fee29153caaa9a2129
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
$ openssl version
OpenSSL 3.1.1 30 May 2023 (Library: OpenSSL 3.1.1 30 May 2023)
$ which openssl
/mingw64/bin/openssl
# create dummy certificate for demonstration
$ MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout cert.key -x509 -subj "/CN=localhost" -out cert.crt -outform DER
[removed]
# using command argument - works as expected
$ openssl x509 -inform DER -in cert.crt
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
[removed]
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
# using input redirection - works as expected
$ openssl x509 -inform DER < cert.crt
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
[removed]
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
# using input pipe - does not work
$ cat cert.crt | openssl x509 -inform DER
Could not read certificate from <stdin>Expected behaviour
# note: using previous release with openssl 1.1.x
$ git --version --build-options
git version 2.41.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: ff94e79c4724635915dbb3d4ba38f6bb91528260
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.1.1u 30 May 2023
# using input pipe - works as expected
$ cat cert.crt | openssl x509 -inform DER
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
[removed]
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Actual behaviour
$ cat cert.crt | openssl x509 -inform DER
Could not read certificate from <stdin>
Repository
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