Could not init hashing algorithm "HmacSHA<#>" with FIPS enabled

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When FIPS is enabled, the application fails with the following error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not init hashing algorithm "HmacSHA256"

! sun.security.pkcs11.wrapper.PKCS11Exception: CKR_KEY_TYPE_INCONSISTENT
! at sun.security.pkcs11.wrapper.PKCS11.C_SignInit(Native Method)
! at sun.security.pkcs11.P11Mac.initialize(P11Mac.java:177)
! at sun.security.pkcs11.P11Mac.engineInit(P11Mac.java:206)
...
! Causing: java.security.InvalidKeyException: init() failed
! at sun.security.pkcs11.P11Mac.engineInit(P11Mac.java:208)! at javax.crypto.Mac.chooseProvider(Mac.java:350)
! at javax.crypto.Mac.init(Mac.java:415)
...
! Causing: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not init hashing algorithm "HmacSHA256"
...
  • java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: HmacSHA1 KeyGenerator not available

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 8
  • OpenJDK
    • 8
    • 11

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