HRESULT 0x8009033E (SEC_E_SMARTCARD_LOGON

Status / error code:

Category:

Constant name:

Source:

Facility:

Operating System:

Description:

Smartcard logon is required and was not used.

Previous	Next
SEC_E_PKINIT_NAME_MISMATCH	SEC_E_SHUTDOWN_IN_PROGRESS

SEC_E_SMARTCARD_LOGON_REQUIRED

SEC_E_SMARTCARD_LOGON_REQUIRED signals this condition: The account or policy requires smart-card sign-in, but the attempt did not use an eligible smart card. Password-based credentials cannot satisfy an account configuration that requires smart-card logon. This is an intended policy outcome, not a generic authentication outage.

What to check

Confirm that the account is meant to require smart-card sign-in and that the user has an issued, usable card.
Check reader detection, certificate availability, PIN flow, and certificate mapping.
Change the account requirement only through the organization’s identity policy, not as an ad hoc workaround for one sign-in attempt.

Microsoft: SSPI status codes

Microsoft: Smart-card certificate requirements

Looking for a different code? Search another status or error code.