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Object Storage Service:0002-00000402

Last Updated:Apr 02, 2025

Issue description

The signature algorithm used by the Authorization request header is invalid.

Causes

You initiated a request that uses an Amazon S3-compatible V4 signature, but the signature algorithm used by the Authorization request header is invalid.

Examples

You initiated a request that uses an Amazon S3-compatible V4 signature, but the signature algorithm used by the Authorization request header is invalid.

GET /test.txt HTTP/1.0
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:48:18 GMT
Host: oss-example.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
Authorization:AWS4-HMAC-SHA1 Credential=LTAI****************/20221220/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request,SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date,Signature=34****
x-amz-content-sha256: abc****
x-amz-date: 20221220T084818Z
x-oss-s3-compat: true

The signature algorithm identifier AWS4-HMAC-SHA1 of the Authorization request header is invalid. Only AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 is supported.

Solutions

Make sure that the signature algorithm identifier of the Authorization request header is valid.

GET /test.txt HTTP/1.0
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:48:18 GMT
Host: oss-example.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
Authorization:AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=LTAI****************/20221220/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request,SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date,Signature=34****
x-amz-content-sha256: abc****
x-amz-date: 20221220T084818Z
x-oss-s3-compat: true

We recommend that you use Amazon S3 SDKs to initiate the request. For more information, see Use Amazon S3 SDKs to access OSS.