1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/client/ClientCertRequestCLI.java b/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/client/ClientCertRequestCLI.java
index 3ec4745e6..02777740b 100644
--- a/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/client/ClientCertRequestCLI.java
+++ b/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/client/ClientCertRequestCLI.java
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ public class ClientCertRequestCLI extends CLI {
         if (s == null) {
             extractable = -1;
         } else {
+            if (!s.equalsIgnoreCase("true") && !s.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid extractable parameter: " + s);
+            }
             extractable = Boolean.parseBoolean(s) ? 1 : 0;
         }