[CODEC-263] Base64.decodeBase64 throw exception

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.13
• Fix Version/s: 1.16

Environment

JDK 7/JDK 8 

commons-codec 1.13

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: xie tao
• Created: 26/Sep/19 10:06
• Updated: 18/Apr/24 19:21
• Resolved: 05/Feb/24 13:32

Description

Codec upgrade to 1.13, code  throw exception as follows：

  @Test
  public  void test(){
    Base64.decodeBase64("publishMessage");
  }

exception like：

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Last encoded character (before the paddings if any) is a valid base 64 alphabet but not a possible value

	at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.validateCharacter(Base64.java:798)
	at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decode(Base64.java:472)
	at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.BaseNCodec.decode(BaseNCodec.java:412)
	at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.BaseNCodec.decode(BaseNCodec.java:395)
	at org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decodeBase64(Base64.java:694)

Issue Links

• is related to: CODEC-280 Base32/64 to allow optional strict/lenient decoding
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #240