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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T05:42:19+00:00 2026-05-31T05:42:19+00:00

I have a very complex application (let’s say enterprise application) deployed in Websphere 7

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I have a very complex application (let’s say enterprise application) deployed in Websphere 7 (with parent last class loader policy) that contains multiple dependencies. The .ear I’m deploying contains 4 .war files inside. One of them is a axis2.war.

Everything works fine until I turn on administrative security and Java 2 security.
After debugging all the AccessControlExceptions and adding the necessary permissions to the ..\profiles\was70profile1\config\cells\AMSCNT0009Node01Cell\applications\app.ear\deployments\app\META-INF\was.policy and ..\profiles\was70profile1\installedApps\AMSCNT0009Node01Cell\app.ear\META-INF\was.policy I end up with one AccessControlException that doesn’t seem to disappear in any way (java.io.FilePermission C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\was70profile1\installedApps\AMSCNT0009Node01Cell\app.ear\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\WEB-INF\scriptServices read).

My was.policy files :

    /* AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED ON Mon Mar 05 13:40:14 CET 2012*/
/* DO NOT EDIT */

grant codeBase "file:${application}" {
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "*", "read, write";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory", "read, write";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "Axis2.prohibitDebugLogging" , "read,write";

  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "modifyThreadGroup";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "modifyThread";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "createClassLoader";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "setContextClassLoader";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "checkPropertiesAccess";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "getClassLoader";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "loadLibrary.*";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "getProtectionDomain";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "shutdownHooks";
  permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "accessDeclaredMembers";

  permission java.security.SecurityPermission "getPolicy";
  permission javax.management.MBeanServerPermission "createMBeanServer";
  permission java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission "suppressAccessChecks";

  permission com.ibm.oti.shared.SharedClassPermission "java.net.URLClassLoader", "read, write";
  permission com.ibm.oti.shared.SharedClassPermission "org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentClassLoader", "read, write";

  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1\\attachments", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "alerts.log", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "jmxPerformance.log", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "AppLog.txt", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "hibernateStatsLogger.log", "read, write";

  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\plugins\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\plugins", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\lib\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\deploytool\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\java\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\java\\jre\\lib\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\properties\\-", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\properties\\*", "read, write";

  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\*", "read, write";

  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1\\logs\\_axis2", "read, write, delete";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1\\logs\\_axis2\\*", "read, write, delete";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1\\logs\\_axis2\\-", "read, write, delete";

  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1\\temp\\AMSCNT0009Node01\\server1\\app", "read, write, delete";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1\\temp\\AMSCNT0009Node01\\server1\\app\\*", "read, write, delete";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1\\temp\\AMSCNT0009Node01\\server1\\app\\-", "read, write, delete";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF\\classes\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF\\conf\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\java\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\java\\*", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\java\\conf\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF\\scriptServices", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF\\scriptServices\\*", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF\\modules\\*", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF\\services\\*", "read, write";

  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appModelSvcs-1.4.2.war\\WEB-INF\\scriptServices", "read, write";  
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appModelSvcs-1.4.2.war\\WEB-INF\\scriptServices\\*", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appModelSvcs-1.4.2.war\\WEB-INF\\modules\\-", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appModelSvcs-1.4.2.war\\WEB-INF\\services\\-", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appModelSvcs-1.4.2.war\\WEB-INF\\-", "read";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appModelSvcs-1.4.2.war\\WEB-INF", "read";

  permission java.io.FilePermission "${app.installed.path}\\appEFDSimulator-3.5.2.war\\WEB-INF\\*", "read, write";

  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1", "read, write";
  permission java.io.FilePermission "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\profiles\\was70profile1\\properties", "read, write";
};

The trace :

    [3/8/12 16:41:24:320 CET] 00000018 SecurityManag W   SECJ0314W: Current Java 2 Security policy reported a potential violation of Java 2 Security Permission. Refer to the InfoCenter for further information.

Permission:

      C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\was70profile1\installedApps\AMSCNT0009Node01Cell\app.ear\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\WEB-INF\scriptServices : Access denied (java.io.FilePermission C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\was70profile1\installedApps\AMSCNT0009Node01Cell\app.ear\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\WEB-INF\scriptServices read)

Code:

     org.apache.axis2.scripting.ScriptRepositoryListener$1  in  {file:/C:/Program Files/IBM/SDP/runtimes/base_v7/profiles/was70profile1/temp/AMSCNT0009Node01/server1/app/appAxis2-3.5.2.war/_axis2/axis23638axis2-scripting-1.4.mar}


Stack Trace:

java.security.AccessControlException: Access denied (java.io.FilePermission C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\was70profile1\installedApps\AMSCNT0009Node01Cell\app.ear\appAxis2-3.5.2.war\WEB-INF\scriptServices read)
    at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:67)
    at java.security.AccessControlException.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:108)
    at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:532)
    at com.ibm.ws.security.core.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:210)
    at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:871)
    at java.io.File.list(File.java:982)
    at java.io.File.listFiles(File.java:1062)
    at org.apache.axis2.scripting.ScriptRepositoryListener$1.run(ScriptRepositoryListener.java:47)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:202)
    at org.apache.axis2.java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:78)
    at org.apache.axis2.scripting.ScriptRepositoryListener.findServicesInDirectory(ScriptRepositoryListener.java:45)
    at org.apache.axis2.deployment.RepositoryListener.checkServices(RepositoryListener.java:225)
    at org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine.loadServices(DeploymentEngine.java:131)

I’ve already tried changing axis2 1.4 source code too, replacing axis2-kernel.jar and axis2-scripting-1.4.mar with custom ones with the fix below :

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-3816

I’ve also tried changing the axis2 source code, by selecting a different folder than WEB-INF\scriptServices, but the AccessControlException remains, now in the new folder.

If anyone has an hint on how to fix this, it would be very appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

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    2026-05-31T05:42:21+00:00Added an answer on May 31, 2026 at 5:42 am

    I found out that the only solution is removing the scripting-xxx.mar from the modules folder.
    Axis2 1.5 comes with the doPrivileged() method in the ScriptRepositoryListener class, but it doesn’t work as well.

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