Erro de comunicação com webservice certificado A3 - org.xml.sax.SAXException

Estou com um problema na hora de fazer a comunicação com um webservice utilizando um certificado A3.
Executei todo o processo utilizando um certificado A1 e funciona perfeitamente, mas quando tento utilizar um A3 ele retorna um erro no momento da comunicação.
Estou usando uma leitora GemPC Twin e um cartão da Certisign.

Arquivo do provider:
name=SmartCard
library=C:/WINDOWS/system32/aetpkss1.dll

System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");
			if (token) {
				Provider p = new sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11(CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("cert.token"));
				Security.addProvider(p);
				System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType", CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("cert.tipo"));
				System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", "NONE");
				System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreProvider", "SunPKCS11-SmartCard");
				System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("cert.senha"));
			} else {
				Security.addProvider(new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());
				System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType", CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("cert.tipo"));
				System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("cert.caminho"));
				System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("cert.senha"));
			}
			System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType", "JKS");
			System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("keystore.caminho"));
			System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("keystore.senha"));
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

Fragmento do código da classe de comunicação:

CteStatusServico statusServico = new CteStatusServicoLocator();
				CteStatusServicoSoap12 serv = statusServico.getCteStatusServicoSoap12();
				CteCabecMsg cteCabecMsg = new CteCabecMsg(CTePropriedade.getInstance().getPropriedade("uf.id"), CTePropriedade
						.getInstance().getPropriedade("xml.versao"));
				SOAPHeaderElement element = new SOAPHeaderElement("http://www.portalfiscal.inf.br/cte/wsdl/CteStatusServico",
						"cteCabecMsg", cteCabecMsg);
				((Stub) serv).setHeader(element);

				CteStatusServicoCTResult resultado = serv.cteStatusServicoCT(cteDadosMsg);

Na última linha desse fragmento de código está ocorrendo o erro, exatamente no momento em que eu tento pegar o retorno da comunicação.
Erro:
org.xml.sax.SAXException: Processing instructions are not allowed within SOAP messages
AxisFault
faultCode: {http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope}Server.userException
faultSubcode:
faultString: org.xml.sax.SAXException: Processing instructions are not allowed within SOAP messages
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
{http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace:org.xml.sax.SAXException: Processing instructions are not allowed within SOAP messages
at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.startDTD(DeserializationContext.java:1161)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.doctypeDecl(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.doctypeDecl(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.scanDoctypeDecl(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.MustUnderstandChecker.invoke(MustUnderstandChecker.java:62)
at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:206)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
at br.inf.portalfiscal.www.cte.wsdl.CteStatusServico.CteStatusServicoSoap12Stub.cteStatusServicoCT(CteStatusServicoSoap12Stub.java:190)
at br.com.wesleybez.sped.cte.comandos.StatusServicoComando.execute(StatusServicoComando.java:76)
at br.com.wesleybez.sped.cte.PrincipalCTe.main(PrincipalCTe.java:124)
at br.com.wesleybez.sped.cte.testes.TesteWebServices.main(TesteWebServices.java:39)

{http://xml.apache.org/axis/}hostname:ares-e22c3955fc

org.xml.sax.SAXException: Processing instructions are not allowed within SOAP messages
at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:101)
at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:701)
at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.MustUnderstandChecker.invoke(MustUnderstandChecker.java:62)
at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:206)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
at br.inf.portalfiscal.www.cte.wsdl.CteStatusServico.CteStatusServicoSoap12Stub.cteStatusServicoCT(CteStatusServicoSoap12Stub.java:190)
at br.com.wesleybez.sped.cte.comandos.StatusServicoComando.execute(StatusServicoComando.java:76)
at br.com.wesleybez.sped.cte.PrincipalCTe.main(PrincipalCTe.java:124)
at br.com.wesleybez.sped.cte.testes.TesteWebServices.main(TesteWebServices.java:39)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXException: Processing instructions are not allowed within SOAP messages
at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.startDTD(DeserializationContext.java:1161)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.doctypeDecl(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.doctypeDecl(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.scanDoctypeDecl(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
… 12 more

Lembrando que com o certificado A1, tudo funciona perfeitamente.
Se alguem puder me ajudar fico grato.

Ola amigo.

Estou com mesmo problema. Conseguiu resolver?

Obrigado
Alexandre

tambem estou tendo ese problema. Como conseguiram resolver? obrigado

Eu to com um problema parecido:

org.xml.sax.SAXException: No custom elements allowed at top level until after the tag

Algum de vocês conseguiu resolver este?

Abraços!

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