PicketLink STSIssuingLoginModule is missing HttpRequest object in context and fails to authenticate user

While running PL integration testsuite test org.picketlink.test.trust.tests.ServletToWSTestCase(TRUST-EAP5-CXF).testServlet2WS fails for both WS Native and CXF.
https://hudson.qa.jboss.com/hudson/view/PicketLink/job/PicketLinkEAP5-int/lastCompletedBuild/

With TRACE enabled one can see this exception in server.log:
2011-10-03 21:37:49,683 TRACE [org.jboss.security.plugins.auth.JaasSecurityManagerBase.binary] (http-127.0.0.1-8080-1) Login failure
javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: PL00092: Null Value:Unable to proceed as Http request is null
at org.picketlink.trust.jbossws.handler.BinaryTokenHandler.handleOutbound(BinaryTokenHandler.java:222)
at org.jboss.wsf.common.handler.GenericHandler.handleMessage(GenericHandler.java:53)
at org.picketlink.trust.jbossws.PicketLinkDispatch.invoke(PicketLinkDispatch.java:194)
at org.picketlink.trust.jbossws.PicketLinkDispatch.invoke(PicketLinkDispatch.java:78)
at org.picketlink.identity.federation.core.wstrust.STSClient.issueToken(STSClient.java:286)
at org.picketlink.identity.federation.core.wstrust.STSClient.issueToken(STSClient.java:202)
at org.picketlink.identity.federation.core.wstrust.auth.STSIssuingLoginModule.invokeSTS(STSIssuingLoginModule.java:93)
at org.picketlink.identity.federation.core.wstrust.auth.AbstractSTSLoginModule.login(AbstractSTSLoginModule.java:388)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:769)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(LoginContext.java:186)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:683)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokePriv(LoginContext.java:680)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.login(LoginContext.java:579)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.auth.JaasSecurityManagerBase.defaultLogin(JaasSecurityManagerBase.java:553)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.auth.JaasSecurityManagerBase.authenticate(JaasSecurityManagerBase.java:487)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.auth.JaasSecurityManagerBase.isValid(JaasSecurityManagerBase.java:365)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.JaasSecurityManager.isValid(JaasSecurityManager.java:160)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JBossWebRealm.authenticate(JBossWebRealm.java:399)
at org.picketlink.identity.federation.bindings.tomcat.PicketLinkAuthenticator.authenticate(PicketLinkAuthenticator.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:491)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:88)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.process(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:126)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.invoke(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:70)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:158)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.request.ActiveRequestResponseCacheValve.internalProcess(ActiveRequestResponseCacheValve.java:74)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.request.ActiveRequestResponseCacheValve.invoke(ActiveRequestResponseCacheValve.java:47)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:330)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:829)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:599)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:451)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:872)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(LoginContext.java:186)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:683)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokePriv(LoginContext.java:680)
at javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.login(LoginContext.java:579)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.auth.JaasSecurityManagerBase.defaultLogin(JaasSecurityManagerBase.java:553)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.auth.JaasSecurityManagerBase.authenticate(JaasSecurityManagerBase.java:487)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.auth.JaasSecurityManagerBase.isValid(JaasSecurityManagerBase.java:365)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.JaasSecurityManager.isValid(JaasSecurityManager.java:160)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JBossWebRealm.authenticate(JBossWebRealm.java:399)
at org.picketlink.identity.federation.bindings.tomcat.PicketLinkAuthenticator.authenticate(PicketLinkAuthenticator.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:491)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:88)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.process(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:126)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.invoke(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:70)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:158)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.request.ActiveRequestResponseCacheValve.internalProcess(ActiveRequestResponseCacheValve.java:74)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.request.ActiveRequestResponseCacheValve.invoke(ActiveRequestResponseCacheValve.java:47)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:330)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:829)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:599)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:451)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)