`error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported`

[santacodes]

This error might be caused due to OpenSSL-related changes in Node.js v17 and above. OpenSSL 3.0 is used in node versions v17+, which has stricter handling of cryptographic functions, and some older cryptographic algorithms are now legacy code.

A temporary solution would be to add a NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider to build and dev scripts to support the OpenSSL legacy provider.

Node js version - 23.1.0

Full logs -

node:internal/crypto/hash:79
  this[kHandle] = new _Hash(algorithm, xofLen, algorithmId, getHashCache());
                  ^

Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
    at new Hash (node:internal/crypto/hash:79:19)
    at Object.createHash (node:crypto:139:10)

  opensslErrorStack: [
    'error:03000086:digital envelope routines::initialization error',
    'error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported'
  ],
  library: 'digital envelope routines',
  reason: 'unsupported',
  code: 'ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED'
}

Node.js v23.1.0