PowerFlex 3.X: Unable to Create Lockbox After Java Upgrade

PowerFlex Gateway version 3.6.0.4
Upgraded Java version to 1.8.0 build 351

The Gateway Web UI shows the error:

​​​​This site can't be reached
The connection was reset.
...
ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

Gateway ScaleIO.log shows the following error:

2024-08-14 10:02:11,609 [Thread-3] ERROR c.e.s.a.mdm_proxy.MdmProxyServiceGW - in ScaleIo alert poller:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load default crypto configuration. Either instantiate Lockbox with a custom crypto configuration or install a JCE provider which is capable of supporting the default crypto configuration

The following error message may also be seen when creating a lockbox:

/opt/emc/scaleio/gateway/bin/FOSGWTool.sh --set_mdm_credentials --mdm_user admin --create_default_lockbox --mdm_password "<mdm_password>"
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load default crypto configuration. Either instantiate Lockbox with a custom crypto configuration or install a JCE provider which is capable of supporting the default crypto configuration

Impact

Unable to access the GW UI or create a lockbox.

After upgrading Java to version 1.8.0_351, the GW UI fails to load and cannot create a lockbox. This issue arises because JAR files signed with SHA-1 algorithms are restricted by default in Java and treated as unsigned.

The problem is related to the cryptoj library signed with SHA-1 and used by the GW.

Upgrade the PowerFlex Gateway to version 3.6.1 or higher.  

Impacted Version:
PowerFlex 3.6 or lower 

Fixed Version:
PowerFlex 3.6.1