Kerberos authentication fails after upgrade to OpenJDK 11.0.17 or OpenJDK 1.8.0.392

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to authenticate with kerberos:
Caused by: GSSException: Failure unspecified at GSS-API level (Mechanism level: Encryption type RC4 with HMAC is not supported/enabled)
        at sun.security.jgss.krb5.Krb5Context.acceptSecContext(Krb5Context.java:858)
        at sun.security.jgss.GSSContextImpl.acceptSecContext(GSSContextImpl.java:342)
        at sun.security.jgss.GSSContextImpl.acceptSecContext(GSSContextImpl.java:285)
        at sun.security.jgss.spnego.SpNegoContext.GSS_acceptSecContext(SpNegoContext.java:909)
        at sun.security.jgss.spnego.SpNegoContext.acceptSecContext(SpNegoContext.java:559)
        at sun.security.jgss.GSSContextImpl.acceptSecContext(GSSContextImpl.java:342)
        at sun.security.jgss.GSSContextImpl.acceptSecContext(GSSContextImpl.java:285)
        at org.keycloak.federation.kerberos.impl.SPNEGOAuthenticator.establishContext(SPNEGOAuthenticator.java:169)
        at org.keycloak.federation.kerberos.impl.SPNEGOAuthenticator$AcceptSecContext.run(SPNEGOAuthenticator.java:132)
        at org.keycloak.federation.kerberos.impl.SPNEGOAuthenticator$AcceptSecContext.run(SPNEGOAuthenticator.java:122)
        ... 101 more
Caused by: KrbException: Encryption type RC4 with HMAC is not supported/enabled
        at sun.security.krb5.EncryptionKey.findKey(EncryptionKey.java:522)
        at sun.security.krb5.KrbApReq.authenticate(KrbApReq.java:273)
        at sun.security.krb5.KrbApReq.<init>(KrbApReq.java:149)
        at sun.security.jgss.krb5.InitSecContextToken.<init>(InitSecContextToken.java:140)
        at sun.security.jgss.krb5.Krb5Context.acceptSecContext(Krb5Context.java:831)
        ... 110 more

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP)
    • 7
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On (RH-SSO)
    • 7
  • OpenJDK
    • 11.0.17 and later
    • 1.8.0.392

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