[Java SE] JNDI Providers: LDAP, DNS, RMI, or CORBA Raise "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException" or "javax.naming.NamingException" After Updating to the April 2022 CPU (Doc ID 2864926.1)

Last updated on APRIL 13, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

This document applies to any of the April 2022 Critical Patch Update (CPU) Java SE releases:

• JDK 18.0.1
• JDK 17.0.3
• JDK 11.0.15
• JDK 8 Update 331
• JDK 7 Update 341

This document does not apply to JDKs released prior to the April 2022 CPU:

• JDK 18 GA (initial release)
• JDK 17.0.2 or older
• JDK 11.0.14 or older
• JDK 8 Update 321 or older
• JDK 7 Update 331 or older
  
  

After updating to one of the April 2022 CPU JDK releases, such as JDK 8 Update 331 (8u331), you may notice applications that build Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) strings in a JNDI context may fail with a java.lang.IllegalArgumentException or javax.naming.NamingException (or a subclass of it).  Reverting to a previous JDK update, such as JDK 8u321, allows the applications to work again.

Example:
The following JDK 8u331 exception stack trace has been reported in several WebLogic Server (WLS) instances:

Changes

 The key change to trigger this issue is an update to one of the April 2022 CPU JDK releases, such as JDK 8u331.

Cause

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