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Some Users are Unable to Login into WebCenter Portal Using SAML2: Error 403 - Forbidden (Doc ID 2733006.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 14, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Portal - Version 11.1.1.9.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

WebCenter Portal is integrated with SAML2 for SSO.
Recently some users are getting the following error when attempting to login to WebCenter Portal:

Error 403 - Forbidden

 
Enabling debug for SAML shows the following error in the portal log file:

[####<DATE> <Debug> <SecuritySAML2Service> <HOST> <WC_Spaces> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '4' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <> <> <> <> <BEA-000000> <java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Launcher.java:229)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:295)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnThread.sendAbandonRequest(Unknown Source)
at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnThread.abandon(Unknown Source)
at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.abandon(Unknown Source)
at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.abandon(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnNameList.close(LDAPAtnNameList.java:130)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnMemberGroupsNameList.close(LDAPAtnMemberGroupsNameList.java:22)
at weblogic.security.providers.utils.ListerManager.close(ListerManager.java:248)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnDelegate.close(LDAPAtnDelegate.java:1217)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.getMemberGroups(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:499)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.searchGroupUnlimited(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:567)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.searchGroupUnlimited(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:584)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.searchGroupUnlimited(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:584)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.searchGroupUnlimited(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:584)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.searchGroupUnlimited(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:584)
at weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.searchGroupUnlimited(LDAPAtnLoginModuleImpl.java:584)
... 

Changes

 

Cause

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