SSL Cert errors for PnP.Powershell UntrustedRoot

[HBSbwilliamson]

Prerequisites

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Steps to reproduce

Import-Module failing for any version of PnP.Powershell Install-Module -Name PnP.PowerShell -AllowPrerelease invoke-webrequest "https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/PnP.PowerShell/1.11.84-nightly" Invoke-WebRequest: The remote certificate is invalid because of errors in the certificate chain: UntrustedRoot

Expected behavior

The Install-Module succeeds.

Actual behavior

WARNING: Source Location 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/PnP.PowerShell/1.11.84-nightly' is not valid.
Install-Package: Package 'PnP.PowerShell' failed to download.

Error details

Exception             :
    Type           : System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException
    TargetSite     :
        Name          : MoveNext
        DeclaringType : System.Net.Http.ConnectHelper+<EstablishSslConnectionAsync>d__2, System.Net.Http,
Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
        MemberType    : Method
        Module        : System.Net.Http.dll
    Message        : The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception.
    InnerException :
        Type       : System.Security.Authentication.AuthenticationException
        TargetSite :
            Name          : Throw
            DeclaringType : System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo
            MemberType    : Method
            Module        : System.Private.CoreLib.dll
        Message    : The remote certificate is invalid because of errors in the certificate chain: UntrustedRoot
        Source     : System.Private.CoreLib
        HResult    : -2146233087
        StackTrace :
   at System.Net.Security.SslStream.SendAuthResetSignal(ProtocolToken message, ExceptionDispatchInfo exception)
   at System.Net.Security.SslStream.CompleteHandshake(SslAuthenticationOptions sslAuthenticationOptions)
   at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ForceAuthenticationAsync[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Boolean receiveFirst,
Byte[] reAuthenticationData, Boolean isApm)
   at System.Net.Http.ConnectHelper.EstablishSslConnectionAsync(SslClientAuthenticationOptions sslOptions,
HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    Source         : System.Net.Http
    HResult        : -2146233087
    StackTrace     :
   at System.Net.Http.ConnectHelper.EstablishSslConnectionAsync(SslClientAuthenticationOptions sslOptions,
HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken
cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.CreateHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async,
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.AddHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCompletionSourceWithCancellation`1.WaitWithCancellationAsync(CancellationToken
cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.GetHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async,
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.SendWithVersionDetectionAndRetryAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean
async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.RedirectHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken
cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.<SendAsync>g__Core|83_0(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption
completionOption, CancellationTokenSource cts, Boolean disposeCts, CancellationTokenSource pendingRequestsCts,
CancellationToken originalCancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestPSCmdlet.GetResponse(HttpClient client, HttpRequestMessage request,
Boolean keepAuthorization)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestPSCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
TargetObject          : Method: GET, RequestUri:
'https://psg-prod-eastus.azureedge.net/packages/pnp.powershell.1.11.84-nightly.nupkg', Version: 1.1, Content: <null>,
Headers:
                        {
                        User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0
                        User-Agent: (Windows NT 10.0; Microsoft Windows 10.0.22000; en-US)
                        User-Agent: PowerShell/7.2.6
                        }
CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Method: GET, Reques…PowerShell/7.2.6
                        }:HttpRequestMessage) [Invoke-WebRequest], HttpRequestException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand
ErrorDetails          : The remote certificate is invalid because of errors in the certificate chain: UntrustedRoot
InvocationInfo        :
    MyCommand        : Invoke-WebRequest
    ScriptLineNumber : 1
    OffsetInLine     : 1
    HistoryId        : 20
    Line             : invoke-webrequest
"https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/PnP.PowerShell/1.11.84-nightly"
    PositionMessage  : At line:1 char:1
                       + invoke-webrequest "https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/P …
                       + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    InvocationName   : invoke-webrequest
    CommandOrigin    : Internal
ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.6
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.6
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22000
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Version

1.11.84-nightly or any other version

Visuals

No response

[alerickson]

Hi @HBSbwilliamson, can you send us the output of Get-PSRepository? I think that separate from UntrustedRoot issue, there may be an issue with the source location appearing in the exception message.