What does HRESULT 0x80247181 (WU_E_METADATA_LEAFCERT_BAD_TRANSPORT_ENCODING) mean?

 
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WU_E_METADATA_LEAFCERT_BAD_TRANSPORT_ENCODING

WU_E_METADATA_LEAFCERT_BAD_TRANSPORT_ENCODING means the leaf signing certificate arrived in a malformed transport encoding and could not be decoded for metadata verification.

What to check

  • Verify that the update source serves intact certificate metadata and that no intermediary modifies or truncates the response.
  • For WSUS or a private catalog, check the catalog-generation and certificate-export pipeline.
  • This error is about certificate data format, so adding trust-store entries alone will not repair malformed data.

Microsoft: Windows Update security

Microsoft: Certificates and security for Updates Publisher

Microsoft: Windows Update error reference


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