Getting Uint8Array expected error when updating from 1.10.0 to 1.10.4

[JiggyJinjo]

Hello,

I updated the web3 lib from 1.10.0 to 1.10.4 and I now have issues when dealing with signatures, ie. web3.eth.abi.encodeFunctionSignature

Here's the test mock I'm giving it :

web3.eth.abi.encodeFunctionSignature( {
    constant: true,
    inputs: [{ name: '_interfaceID', type: 'bytes4' }],
    name: 'supportsInterface',
    outputs: [{ name: '', type: 'bool' }],
    payable: false,
    stateMutability: 'view',
    type: 'function',
  })

(Note that I tried many mocks that we have and nothing works anymore)

It returns the following error and stack :

 Uint8Array expected
        at Object.bytes (apps/node_modules/@noble/hashes/_assert.js:22:15)
        at bytes (apps/node_modules/ethereum-cryptography/utils.js:48:27)
        at Object.keccak256 [as sha3] (apps/node_modules/web3-utils/lib/utils.js:444:50)
        at ABICoder.sha3 [as encodeFunctionSignature] (apps/node_modules/web3-eth-abi/lib/index.js:52:18)
        at encodeFunctionSignature (myFrontEndCallingEncodeFunctionSignature/index.tsx:104:36)

I compared the changes between version 1.10.0 and 1.10.4 and this is the change that breaks it :

// node_modules/web3-utils/lib/utils.js line 444
// v1.10.4
var returnValue = ethereumjsUtil.bufferToHex(keccak256(value));

// v1.10.0
var returnValue = ethereumjsUtil.bufferToHex(ethereumjsUtil.keccak256(value));

What I'm seeing is that on v1.10.0, the keccak256 function signature accepts a Buffer object and in v1.10.4, it accepts a Uint8Array which could indicate why the function is now broken.

Is this a bug or what am I doing wrong? I don't see how I am the only one experiencing this with such a simple use case. I noticed this issue while updating the patch version instantly as we have tests covering this.
Thanks in advance!

Node version: 18.19.1
yarn: 1.22.21

[JiggyJinjo]

I've found a solution, basically we have to convert that value of the same line above to Uint8Array before passing it to the keccak256 function :

 var returnValue = ethereumjsUtil.bufferToHex(keccak256(new Uint8Array(value)));

Still, I would like to know how to make it work without having to patch-package the web3-utils lib