Java application unexpectedly running in FIPS mode and/or crypto policies applied on RHEL 8.6

Issue

• The following setting in $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/java.security globally disables FIPS for all Java applications in java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_5 but does not work in java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-2.el8_6.x86_64:

security.useSystemPropertiesFile=false

• Upgrading from java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5.x86_64 to java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-2.el8_6.x86_64, results in an exception that indicates FIPS mode is enabled. For example:

Error occured reading security configuration; nested exception is java.io.IOException: java.security.KeyStoreException: JCEKS not found