soadomain.py fails with JDBC connection errors after CPU patches

ENV: 12.2.1.3

recent changes: latest January 2022 security patches applied

deployment error:

   [exec] Error: getDatabaseDefaults() failed. Do dumpStack() to see details.

   [exec] Error: runCmd() failed. Do dumpStack() to see details.

   [exec] Problem invoking WLST - Traceback (innermost last):

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  [exec] Failed to build JDBC Connection object:

   [exec]   at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.CommandExceptionHandler.handleException(CommandExceptionHandler.java:69)

   [exec]   at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.WLScriptContext.handleException(WLScriptContext.java:3018)

   [exec]   at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.WLScriptContext.runCmd(WLScriptContext.java:736)

   [exec]   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor154.invoke(Unknown Source)

   [exec]   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

   [exec]   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)