Getting an AccessControlException (VirtualFilePermission) while the application reads its own contents in JBoss EAP

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The application has thrown an AccessControlException (VirtualFilePermission) while attempting to read the contents of the web application after enabling java security manager.

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("org.jboss.vfs.VirtualFilePermission" "/content/SimpleEAR_EJB3.ear/SimpleWar.war/WEB-INF/lib/library_test.jar/jboss/example/lib/names.properties" "read")
    java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:472)
    java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:884)
    java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:549)
    org.jboss.vfs.VirtualFile.openStream(VirtualFile.java:248)
    org.jboss.as.server.deployment.module.VFSResourceLoader$VFSEntryResource.openStream(VFSResourceLoader.java:329)
    org.jboss.modules.Module.getResourceAsStream(Module.java:637)
    org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findResourceAsStream(ModuleClassLoader.java:587)
    org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:362)
    java.lang.Class.getResourceAsStream(Class.java:2223)
    jboss.example.lib.ImaTest.getName(ImaTest.java:38)
    jboss.example.lib.ImaTest.runTest(ImaTest.java:29)
    jboss.example.servlet.HelloServlet.doGet(HelloServlet.java:36)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:734)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847)
    sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
    org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:264)
    org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:262)
    java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:549)
    org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:296)
    org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:156)

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x
    • 7.x

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