Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements (MariaDB)

Symptoms

You see an error similar to the following when attempting to create a database user.

Error/(XID fd46n5) The system received an error from the "MySQL" database "mysql": 
1819 (Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements)

You also see cracklib_password_check_dictionary listed when you list the MariaDB variables.

MariaDB [(none)]> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%pass%';
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| cracklib_password_check_dictionary | /usr/share/cracklib/pw_dict |
| old_passwords | OFF |
| report_password | |
| strict_password_validation | ON |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
4 rows in set (0.001 sec)

Description 

This issue is caused by the Cracklib Password Check Plugin being installed. It is incompatible with the cPanel & WHM software and will prevent the addition of database users via the WHM and cPanel interfaces or API calls.

Workaround

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
2. Run the following command to remove the plugin.

   mysql -e "UNINSTALL PLUGIN cracklib_password_check;"

Additional resources

MySQL "Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements"