On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:50:07 GMT, Oumaiyma Intissar <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Constructing URLPermission with an empty/missing host in the authority 
>> (e.g., `"http:///path"`) could throw `StringIndexOutOfBoundsException`.
>> 
>> **Problem**
>> Empty or malformed authorities reach HostPortrange, which does `charAt(0)` 
>> without checking, causing `StringIndexOutOfBoundsException`.
>> 
>> **Fix**
>> - `URLPermission.Authority`: after stripping userinfo, fail fast if host 
>> part is empty.
>> - `HostPortrange`: add guards for null/empty input and leading ':' (port 
>> without host).
>> - No `HttpURLConnection` changes needed in JDK 26 (the `SecurityManager` 
>> permission path is gone).
>> 
>> **Compatibility**
>> Only affects malformed inputs: previously `StringIndexOutOfBoundsException`, 
>> now `IllegalArgumentException`. Valid inputs unaffected.
>> 
>> **Testing**
>> New jtreg test: `test/jdk/java/net/URLPermission/EmptyAuthorityTest.java` 
>> verifies `IllegalArgumentException` for malformed authorities and success 
>> for valid ones.
>
> Oumaiyma Intissar has updated the pull request incrementally with one 
> additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Remove invalid host check in HostPortrange
>   
>   Removed check for leading ':' in host authority.

Changes requested by michaelm (Reviewer).

src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URLPermission.java line 532:

> 530:             if (authority == null || authority.isEmpty()) {
> 531:                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid URL 
> authority: empty host");
> 532:             }

Suggestion:

            if (authority == null || authority.isEmpty()) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid URL: authority is 
empty");
            }

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27896#pullrequestreview-3447279412
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27896#discussion_r2513622303

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