Spring "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.3.xsd" is not accessible and cause application fails to start-up

The below is the stack trace

([DEBUG]) o.s.b.f.x.ResourceEntityResolver: Could not resolve XML entity [http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.3.xsd] through URL [https: //www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.3.xsd] javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertificateException: No subject alternative DNS name matching www.springframework.org found. at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1964) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:328) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:322) at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1614) at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:216) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:1052) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:987) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1072) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1385) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1413) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1397) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:559) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1564) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1492) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:263) at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1045) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ResourceEntityResolver.resolveEntity(ResourceEntityResolver.java:118) at org.apache.xerces.util.EntityResolverWrapper.resolveEntity(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.resolveEntity(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaLoader.resolveDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.findSchemaGrammar(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.handleStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl$NSContentDispatcher.scanRootElementHook(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultDocumentLoader.loadDocument(DefaultDocumentLoader.java:77) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadDocument(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:430) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:388) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:336) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:305) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:188) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:224) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:195) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:257) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:128) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:94) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:133) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:637) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:522) at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:144) at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:85) at com.egl.payment.Main.setupSpring(Main.java:55) at com.egl.payment.Main.(Main.java:41) Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException: No subject alternative DNS name matching www.springframework.org found. at sun.security.util.HostnameChecker.matchDNS(HostnameChecker.java:214) at sun.security.util.HostnameChecker.match(HostnameChecker.java:96) at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkIdentity(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:455) at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkIdentity(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:436) at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:200) at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:124) at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1596)

Comment From: snicoll

@asdf913 thanks for reporting it, there was a glitch with our infra that's fixed now.

Unrelated but please make sure to use httpslinks.

Comment From: asdf913

Thanks you for prompt response.