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NPE during aggregate check in a multi module project

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug

NPE during aggregate check in a multi module project

Version of dependency-check used

Maven-Plugin:

  • 6.3.2 has the error
  • 6.3.1 doesn’t have the error

Log file

Stacktrace (Click to expand)
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:6.3.2:aggregate (aggregate) on project gui-base: Execution aggregate of goal org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:6.3.2:aggregate failed.: NullPointerException -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:6.3.2:aggregate (aggregate) on project gui-base: Execution aggregate of goal org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:6.3.2:aggregate failed.
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:215)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:957)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:289)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:193)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:282)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:406)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution aggregate of goal org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:6.3.2:aggregate failed.
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:148)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:210)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:957)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:289)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:193)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:282)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:406)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.maven.shared.artifact.filter.resolve.transform.EclipseAetherFilterTransformer$2.accept (EclipseAetherFilterTransformer.java:152)
    at org.eclipse.aether.util.filter.AndDependencyFilter.accept (AndDependencyFilter.java:83)
    at org.eclipse.aether.util.filter.OrDependencyFilter.accept (OrDependencyFilter.java:81)
    at org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.visitor.FilteringDependencyVisitor.visitEnter (FilteringDependencyVisitor.java:80)
    at org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.visitor.TreeDependencyVisitor.visitEnter (TreeDependencyVisitor.java:67)
    at org.eclipse.aether.graph.DefaultDependencyNode.accept (DefaultDependencyNode.java:343)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultRepositorySystem.resolveDependencies (DefaultRepositorySystem.java:332)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.transfer.dependencies.resolve.internal.Maven31DependencyResolver.resolveDependencies (Maven31DependencyResolver.java:216)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.transfer.dependencies.resolve.internal.Maven31DependencyResolver.resolveDependencies (Maven31DependencyResolver.java:198)
    at org.apache.maven.shared.transfer.dependencies.resolve.internal.DefaultDependencyResolver.resolveDependencies (DefaultDependencyResolver.java:60)
    at org.owasp.dependencycheck.maven.BaseDependencyCheckMojo.collectMavenDependencies (BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java:1328)
    at org.owasp.dependencycheck.maven.BaseDependencyCheckMojo.collectDependencies (BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java:1467)
    at org.owasp.dependencycheck.maven.BaseDependencyCheckMojo.scanArtifacts (BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java:1114)
    at org.owasp.dependencycheck.maven.AggregateMojo.scanDependencies (AggregateMojo.java:73)
    at org.owasp.dependencycheck.maven.BaseDependencyCheckMojo.runCheck (BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java:1719)
    at org.owasp.dependencycheck.maven.BaseDependencyCheckMojo.execute (BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java:966)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:210)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:957)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:289)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:193)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:282)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:406)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)
[ERROR]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException

To Reproduce

Run the aggregate goal in a multi module project.

Expected behavior

No exception

Additional context Add any other context about the problem here.

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 2 years ago
  • Reactions:11
  • Comments:24 (5 by maintainers)

github_iconTop GitHub Comments

5reactions
acandacommented, Oct 2, 2021

I ran into the same issue. The branch bug/dependency-check-maven-6.3.2-npe of the repository acanda/spring-banner-plugin contains a small Maven project that reproduces the issue when you run mvn clean verify -X. The NPE does not occur with 6.3.1.

The NPE occurs with both Maven 3.6.3 and 3.8.2:

> mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.6.3 (cecedd343002696d0abb50b32b541b8a6ba2883f)
Maven home: /c/Program Files/Maven/maven-3.6.3
Java version: 11.0.6, vendor: AdoptOpenJDK, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.4.0-19041-microsoft", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
> mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.8.2 (ea98e05a04480131370aa0c110b8c54cf726c06f)
Maven home: /c/Program Files/Maven/maven-3.8.2
Java version: 11.0.6, vendor: AdoptOpenJDK, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.4.0-19041-microsoft", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
4reactions
jeremylongcommented, Oct 11, 2021

The fix will be in the next release - just finishing up testing.

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