Why is IncompatibleClassChangeError exception randomly showing in server.log?

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Issue

In server.log there are exceptions like these showing randomly. Reason seems to be unknown.

[ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[jboss.web]]] ERROR core.ContainerBase - Session event listener threw exception
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError
    at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:667)
    at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:801)
    at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:654)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351)
    at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityFlushSessionListener.getSecurityManagerService(SecurityFlushSessionListener.java:201)
    at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityFlushSessionListener.getSubjectAndSecurityDomain(SecurityFlushSessionListener.java:168)
    at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityFlushSessionListener.sessionDestroyed(SecurityFlushSessionListener.java:81)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.expire(StandardSession.java:702)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.isValid(StandardSession.java:592)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.ManagerBase.processExpires(ManagerBase.java:682)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.ManagerBase.backgroundProcess(ManagerBase.java:667)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1270)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1555)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1564)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1564)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1544)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform(EAP) 4.3.0
  • Not using JBoss Security

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