3712563 - AS JAVA - Java.lang.NullPointerException: while trying to invoke the method com.sap.js.nwa.cfg.Repository.getConfiguration

[EXCEPTION]
java.lang.SecurityException: java.lang.SecurityException: User 'Guest' does not have permission for the security operation!
    at com.sap.engine.services.security.restriction.Restrictions.checkPermission(Restrictions.java:109)

BC-NWA-INC-UIF#sap.com/tc~lm~itsam~ui~mainframe~wd#C000AC18008316FF000000000006BC07#177987350000000004#sap.com/tc~lm~itsam~ui~mainframe~wd#com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.ISE500#Administrator#4#9104480EFDB911F0C6C100000A9BDF16#8b1761dffdb911f097c900000a9bdf16#0#Thread[HTTP Worker [@2062752723],5,Dedicated_Application_Thread]#Plain#
500 Internal Server Error is returned for HTTP request [http://<hostname>:<port>/webdynpro/resources/sap.com/tc~lm~itsam~ui~mainframe~wd/FloorPlanApp]:
  component [dispatcher],
  web module [webdynpro/resources/sap.com/tc~lm~itsam~ui~mainframe~wd],
  application [sap.com/tc~lm~itsam~ui~mainframe~wd],
  DC name [sap.com/tc~lm~itsam~ui~mainframe~wd],
  CSN component[BC-NWA-INC-UIF],
  problem categorization [],
  internal categorization [1763519811].

[EXCEPTION]
com.sap.tc.webdynpro.services.exceptions.WDRuntimeException: Exception was thrown in preprocessing phase of application session 910bda67fdb911f0c62d00000a9bdf16. The causing exception is nested. RID=9104480ffdb911f0a35800000a9bdf16
    at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.session.ApplicationSession.doPreprocessing(ApplicationSession.java:665)

...
Caused by: com.sap.tc.webdynpro.services.exceptions.ApplicationFaultException: wdInvokeEventHandler: exception thrown in this user coding area   
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Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: while trying to invoke the method com.sap.js.nwa.cfg.Repository.getConfiguration(java.util.Locale) of a null object returned from com.sap.js.nwa.nav_engine.transitionengine.NWANavigationEngineImpl.getRepository()
....   
at com.sap.js.nwa.nav_engine.transitionengine.NWANavigationEngineImpl.getNavigationTree(NWANavigationEngineImpl.java