Found resolution from the SO link java - Alternatives to Quarkus base images for native-micro - Stack Overflow where, the guidance is to copy glibc related libraries from UBI base image into UBI micro image. The modified Dockerfile now looks as follows.
FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9-minimal:9.2 AS ubi
# -- Stage scratch
FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9-micro:9.2 AS scratch
# -- Final Stage
FROM scratch
COPY --from=ubi /usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
COPY --from=ubi /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
COPY --from=ubi /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 /usr/lib64/libz.so.1
WORKDIR /work/
RUN chown 1001 /work \
&& chmod "g+rwX" /work \
&& chown 1001:root /work
COPY --chown=1001:root target/*-runner /work/application
EXPOSE 8080
USER 1001
CMD ["./application", "-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0"]
I just hope the “indiscriminate” copy of glibc won’t spring up other issues!