ExceptionInInitializerError trying to use nashorn 15.1.1 or 15.2 with Java 17+27

ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Multiple OS (at least Windows 10 and Linux)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When using ANT to build an xml file with embedded JavaScript using the openjdk version of Nashorn (nashorn-core:15.2.jar), we get an java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError from org.openjdk.nashorn and the build fails. We have tried using multiple versions of ANT (1.8.4, 1.9.6, 1.10.10), 2 different versions of ASM (9.1 and 9.2) the two latest versions of Java 17 (build 27 and build 28) all with the same result.

REGRESSION : Last worked in version 16.0.1

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Prep: Download and set up the latest Apache ANT (1.10.10), OpenJDK Nashorn (15.2), ASM JAR files (9.2) (which are required by OpenJDK) and Java 17 (build 28)

Create the following file NashornTest.xml (with the required Nashorn and asm jar files in the corresponding locations and update as needed for various OS):

<project name="NashornTest">
   <target name="step1">
      <script language="javascript">
         <classpath>
            <pathelement path="C:\nashorn\nashorn-core-15.2.jar;C:\asm\asm-9.1.jar;C:\asm\asm-commons-9.1.jar;C:\asm\asm-tree-9.1.jar;C:\asm\asm-util-9.1.jar"/>
       </classpath>
      </script>
   </target>
</project>

Then, using a recent version of ANT, like 1.10.10 and the most recent version of Nashorn 15.2, run the command:
ant -f NashornTest.xml step1

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Something similar to previous versions of Java. Here is the result when running on Java 16.0.1:

step1:

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 second
ACTUAL -
BUILD FAILED
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.Context.compile(Context.java:1509)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.Context.compileScript(Context.java:1449)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.Context.compileScript(Context.java:759)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.compileImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:528)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.compileImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:517)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.evalImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:395)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.eval(NashornScriptEngine.java:151)
    at java.scripting/javax.script.AbstractScriptEngine.eval(AbstractScriptEngine.java:262)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.util.ReflectUtil.invoke(ReflectUtil.java:108)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.util.ReflectWrapper.invoke(ReflectWrapper.java:81)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.util.optional.JavaxScriptRunner.evaluateScript(JavaxScriptRunner.java:103)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.util.optional.JavaxScriptRunner.executeScript(JavaxScriptRunner.java:67)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.Script.execute(Script.java:52)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:392)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:413)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1399)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1368)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1251)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:811)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:217)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:280)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:109)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: no such method: sun.misc.Unsafe.defineAnonymousClass(Class,byte[],Object[])Class/invokeVirtual
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.Context$AnonymousContextCodeInstaller.lambda$getDefineAnonymousClass$0(Context.java:335)
    at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.Context$AnonymousContextCodeInstaller.getDefineAnonymousClass(Context.java:327)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.Context$AnonymousContextCodeInstaller.<clinit>(Context.java:317)
    ... 33 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: no such method: sun.misc.Unsafe.defineAnonymousClass(Class,byte[],Object[])Class/invokeVirtual
    at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MemberName.makeAccessException(MemberName.java:976)
    at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MemberName$Factory.resolveOrFail(MemberName.java:1117)
    at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.resolveOrFail(MethodHandles.java:3643)
    at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.findVirtual(MethodHandles.java:2680)
    at org.openjdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.Context$AnonymousContextCodeInstaller.lambda$getDefineAnonymousClass$0(Context.java:329)
    ... 36 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'java.lang.Class sun.misc.Unsafe.defineAnonymousClass(java.lang.Class, byte[], java.lang.Object[])'
    at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleNatives.resolve(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MemberName$Factory.resolve(MemberName.java:1085)
    at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MemberName$Factory.resolveOrFail(MemberName.java:1114)
    ... 39 more

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