Request Failed With Error 500 When Oracle HTTP Server Forward Request Containing Decoded Special Character Such as Space, "|" (Doc ID 2652981.1)

Last updated on MAY 01, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Oracle HTTP Server(OHS) is configured to forward request to backend application/WLS using mod_wl_ohs.
Requests containing decoded special characters such as  , | in the URL are failing with error 500.

Using and | as example which are encoded values representing special characters:
-Space added after % so the percent encoded characters are displayed.

Changes

Cause

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