Activated simple password check does not allow to create user identified via unix_socket

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'claudio'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED VIA unix_socket;

ERROR 1819 (HY000): Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'claudio'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Abcdefgh_0123456';

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> ALTER USER claudio@localhost IDENTIFIED VIA unix_socket;

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.000 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> Bye

[claudio@tossanc 10323]$ bin/mysql --socket=data/10323.sock

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MariaDB connection id is 21

Server version: 10.3.23-MariaDB-log MariaDB Server

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Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> select current_user(),user();

+-------------------+-------------------+

| current_user() | user() |

+-------------------+-------------------+

| claudio@localhost | claudio@localhost |

+-------------------+-------------------+

1 row in set (0.000 sec)