I put together minimal sample which reproduces problem. When you try to deploy given application to Weblogic 12.1.3.0, it fails to start with following exception:

<May 9, 2018 6:25:25 PM CEST> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149265> <Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "290176514936800" for task "0". Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: null
null"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: null
null
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.createModuleException(WebAppModule.java:1824)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.init(WebAppModule.java:270)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.init(WebAppModule.java:682)
    at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.init(ScopedModuleDriver.java:162)
    at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.init(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:98)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
    at com.bea.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at com.bea.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at weblogic.application.utils.annotation.ClassInfoImpl.<init>(ClassInfoImpl.java:41)
    at weblogic.application.utils.annotation.ClassfinderClassInfos.polulateOneClassInfo(ClassfinderClassInfos.java:240)
    at weblogic.application.utils.annotation.ClassfinderClassInfos.populateClassInfos(ClassfinderClassInfos.java:193)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
> 
<May 9, 2018 6:25:25 PM CEST> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149004> <Failures were detected while initiating deploy task for application "boot-weblogic_war_exploded".> 
<May 9, 2018 6:25:25 PM CEST> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149078> <Stack trace for message 149004
weblogic.application.ModuleException: null
null
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.createModuleException(WebAppModule.java:1824)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.init(WebAppModule.java:270)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.init(WebAppModule.java:682)
    at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.init(ScopedModuleDriver.java:162)
    at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.init(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:98)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
    at com.bea.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at com.bea.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at weblogic.application.utils.annotation.ClassInfoImpl.<init>(ClassInfoImpl.java:41)
    at weblogic.application.utils.annotation.ClassfinderClassInfos.polulateOneClassInfo(ClassfinderClassInfos.java:240)
    at weblogic.application.utils.annotation.ClassfinderClassInfos.populateClassInfos(ClassfinderClassInfos.java:193)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>

It doesn't happen with 1.5.10.RELEASE version

Comment From: wilkinsona

Thanks for the report, but this looks like a WebLogic problem to me. It's presumably triggered by a dependency upgrade in Spring Boot 1.5.11. It would appear that the version of ASM used by WebLogic isn't capable of parsing a class file. Hopefully the full log output will identify the class in question. With that information you could either raise a support ticket with Oracle, downgrade the dependency to one that WebLogic can cope with, or both.

Comment From: beijing1

how did you find this out? I am having similar issue but not sure which third party lib is causing this? Does the weblogic server log say it somewhere? I could not find it in AdminServer.log, maybe I am not checking the right log?

Comment From: pmihalcin

@beijing1 You can see that when you try to deploy war using deployer (it is used e.g. when you deploy from Intellij IDEA using weblogic run configuration).

You can also see the stacktrace which dependency is causing havoc: This

Caused By: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
    at com.bea.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)

indicates there is something wrong with ASM

Comment From: beijing1

Hi thanks for the reply! I did not use any IDE to deploy, just directly dropped it to autodeployed folder or through console. I checked in the server log, did not seem find anything obvious.

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how did you solve this problem?

Comment From: FuadEfendi

I have the same issue right now, unfortunately WLS 12.1.3 is the only Development edition I can use. I was trying versions 2.x

Comment From: baranirajarathinam

@FuadEfendi same issue for me and i am also using 12.1.3. were you able to resolve the issue? can you plz post the resolution?