Merge pull request #13021 from brave/webpack-hash

webpack: Replace md4 hash with 256-bit sha2.

components/webpack/webpack.config.js

@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ const pathMap = require('./path-map')
 
 const tsConfigPath = path.join(process.env.ROOT_GEN_DIR, 'tsconfig-webpack.json')
 
+// OpenSSL 3 no longer supports the insecure md4 hash, but webpack < 6
+// hardcodes it. Work around by substituting a supported algorithm.
+// https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/13572
+// https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/14532
+const crypto = require("crypto");
+const crypto_orig_createHash = crypto.createHash;
+crypto.createHash = algorithm => crypto_orig_createHash(algorithm == "md4" ? "sha256" : algorithm);
+
 module.exports = async function (env, argv) {
   const isDevMode = argv.mode === 'development'
   // Webpack config object