HRESULT 0xC00E0030 (MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY

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A cryptographic function failed.

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MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA

Operational meaning

Applications should keep MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA attached to the exact MSMQ call that produced it; translating it immediately to “queue error” discards the diagnostic boundary. Its diagnostic boundary is cryptographic processing failure. The code is an umbrella for a failed security primitive; capture the underlying CryptoAPI status and algorithm/provider settings.

For MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, the property namespace is split among message, queue, computer, private-computer, and management properties. When diagnosing MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, A numeric identifier meaningful in one structure is not automatically legal in another API.

When diagnosing MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, validation occurs in layers: identifier recognition, variant type, buffer shape, value range, required companions, and operation eligibility. In the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA path, these layers correspond to different MSMQ HRESULTs and different fixes.

Where to draw the boundary

Subsystem	MSMQ property arrays and their parallel identifier, value, and status elements
Decisive boundary	the property identifier, VARTYPE, value, operation, and buffer ownership are validated separately
Code-specific focus	cryptographic processing failure
Primary recovery rule	Do not classify it as a queue-permission error without evidence.

When diagnosing MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, do not merge this result with other property failures: identifier, VARTYPE, value, size, required companions, and operation eligibility are diagnosed by different codes. For MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, the code-specific boundary is cryptographic processing failure.

Evidence to preserve

The complete apropid/apropvar/astatus triples in original order; associate it explicitly with MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA.
When diagnosing MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, the api name and whether the structure was input, output, or both; capture the value before cleanup or retry changes it.
In the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA path, the first failing property rather than only the aggregate hresult; compare it with a known-good call using the same account and queue type.
For this MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA result, record the queue path or format name, local/remote placement, transactional flag, caller SID, process build, and UTC correlation ID when they apply.

For MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, log certificate thumbprints, provider names, SIDs, GUIDs, lengths, and hashes where useful, but do not log private keys, symmetric keys, credentials, or confidential message bodies.

Diagnostic sequence

Record the unsigned HRESULT, MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, and the native API or COM method before a framework replaces it with a generic exception.
When diagnosing MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, verify the postcondition after the failed call: queue existence, message presence, directory object state, transaction outcome, or generated output may differ by result.
In the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA path, capture the first failing property rather than only the aggregate HRESULT.
For this MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA result, capture the complete aPropID/aPropVar/aStatus triples in original order.
Reproduce with the smallest queue/message/property set that still returns MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA; change one precondition at a time.
When diagnosing MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, apply the code-specific recovery rule: Do not classify it as a queue-permission error without evidence.

Handling and recovery

Do not classify it as a queue-permission error without evidence.

When diagnosing MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, do not hide this HRESULT behind an unlimited framework retry. In the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA path, require a verified precondition change and preserve the original correlation identifier across the next attempt.

Nearby failure boundaries

In the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA path, changing a queue ACL or restarting the service does not correct an invalid identifier, VARTYPE, value, structure, or property combination. The specific focus for MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA remains cryptographic processing failure.

In the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA path, restarting MSMQ before collecting evidence can invalidate handles and erase the first useful event; it is a containment action, not a root-cause diagnosis.
For this MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA result, granting broad queue or certificate permissions may mask the symptom while creating a security defect. For MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, test the exact identity and access needed by the operation.

Worked example

A message serializer encounters MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA. For MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, it logs the rejected property index and rebuilds the request from a typed schema instead of retrying the same arrays. When diagnosing MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, the acceptance test then changes only the decisive precondition and confirms both the HRESULT and the actual queue/message state.

A regression test should force MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA, assert the raw value and relevant outputs, then correct only the documented precondition and verify the intended success or neighboring HRESULT.

References

Microsoft: Message Queuing error and information codes — source used for the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA analysis.
Microsoft: queue properties and MQQUEUEPROPS — source used for the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA analysis.
Microsoft: MSMQ message properties — source used for the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA analysis.
Microsoft: MQCreateQueue — source used for the MQ_ERROR_CORRUPTED_SECURITY_DATA analysis.

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