From 657b9ac04617068c4a240b843a127746a76160d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: niksis02 <sisnikoyan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:21:54 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: changes AuthorizationHeaderMalformed error status to 400

Fixes #1706

Changes the `AuthorizationHeaderMalformed` error http status code from `403` to `400`.
---
 s3err/sigv4.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/s3err/sigv4.go b/s3err/sigv4.go
index e8aff841..5eba1f82 100644
--- a/s3err/sigv4.go
+++ b/s3err/sigv4.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func malformedAuthError(format string, args ...any) APIError {
 	return APIError{
 		Code:           "AuthorizationHeaderMalformed",
 		Description:    fmt.Sprintf("The authorization header is malformed; %s", fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)),
-		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusForbidden,
+		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 	}
 }