The following factory method of org.jboss.as.controller.client.ModelControllerClient.Factory is not passing the saslOptions attribute over 

public static ModelControllerClient create(final String hostName, final int port, final CallbackHandler handler, final SSLContext sslContext, final    int connectionTimeout, final Map<String, String> saslOptions) throws UnknownHostException {
    return create(ClientConfigurationImpl.create(hostName, port, handler, sslContext, connectionTimeout));
}