SAS/CONNECT® SIGNON fails with "Network request failed ...." when using TLS 1.3 and OpenSSL 3 in RHEL 9 and later


The following error appears in the client SAS log when a SAS/CONNECT SIGNON using TLS 1.3 fails to connect to a UNIX CONNECT Spawner using OpenSSL 3:

ERROR: A communication subsystem partner link setup request failure has occurred.
ERROR: Network request failed (rc 0x00007FEB9EE6E310) - The OpenSSL library version does not support TLS 1.3.

This issue occurs in RHEL 9 and later.