Error BUNDLE_SIGNATURE_VERIFICATION_FAILED when uploading or downloading bundles to SDDC Manager

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to upload bundles to SDDC Manager an exception is thrown

                     Exception thrown when getting uploads for bundle id <bundle_ID_number>: {"status":404,"code":"Not Found","message":"BUNDLE_NOT_FOUND; Bundle Id not found; bundleId: <bundle_ID_number>"}
2026-01-13T20:49:18.784+0000 [main] DEBUG [com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.tools.common.adapter.impl.BundleUploadApiAdapterImpl]
                      Bundle <bundle_ID_number> does not exist in lcm
2026-01-13T20:49:18.787+0000 [main] DEBUG [com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.tools.bundletransfer.BundleTransferUtilityUploader]
                      Bundle id: <bundle_ID_number> was not uploaded
2026-01-13T20:49:20.530+0000 [main] ERROR [com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.tools.common.adapter.impl.BundleUploadApiAdapterImpl]
                      Unexpected error occurred uploading bundle {"status":400,"code":"Bad Request","message":"BUNDLE_SIGNATURE_VERIFICATION_FAILED; Error verifying manifest signature"}
2026-01-13T20:49:20.568+0000 [main] ERROR [com.vmware.evo.sddc.lcm.tools.bundletransfer.BundleTransferUtilityUploader]
                      Error occurred uploading bundle

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.x

Cause

A corrupted or outdated manifest and signature files can cause the verification failure.

Resolution

1. SSH to SDDC Manager with vcf user and then elevate with su to root

2. Edit the LCM application-prod.properties file 
   
   vi /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/conf/application-prod.properties

3. Edit the below parameters to false 
   
   lcm.depot.adapter.enableBundleSignatureValidation=false

lcm.depot.adapter.enableSignatureValidation=false

4. Press Esc and type :wq! to save

5. Restart LCM service
   
   systemctl restart lcm