Access to Web UI management page is failed with ERR_SSL_KEY_USAGE_INCOMPATIBLE

Access to Web UI management page is failed with ERR_SSL_KEY_USAGE_INCOMPATIBLE

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Created On 04/19/24 03:38 AM - Last Modified 01/14/25 22:17 PM


Symptom


With the updated version of Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browsers, it is unable to access Web UI management page of NGFW with "ERR_SSL_KEY_USAGE_INCOMPATIBLE" error message.

Environment


  • Any Firewall models
  • Any PAN-OS versions
  • Google Chrome version 119 or later releases, or Microsoft Edge
  • SSL/TLS Service Profile for a custom Server Certificate is selected in [DEVICE > Setup > Management > General Settings]


Cause


This issue is caused by the strict check for "Key Usage" in the certificate by Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser.

Resolution


  1. Check the Key Usage in the custom Server Certificate to see if the the following parameters is configured:
    keyUsage=digitalSignature,keyEncipherment
  2. SSL/TLS Service Profile configured in General Setting can be deleted via CLI.
  3. After that, the default certificate will be used for management access. 
    > configure
    # delete deviceconfig system ssl-tls-service-profile
    # commit
    # exit


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