--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Thu Jul 26 11:53:59 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Thu Jul 26 15:56:37 2018 -0400
@@ -3570,6 +3570,9 @@
                          "Nest-host class_info_index %u has bad constant type in class file %s",
                          class_info_index, CHECK);
           _nest_host = class_info_index;
+        } else {
+          // Unknown attribute
+          cfs->skip_u1(attribute_length, CHECK);
         }
       } else {
         // Unknown attribute