Forge bug in Chrome Extension : decipher.start() - TypeError: e.length is not a function

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Hi,

I am trying to leverage forge inside a chrome extension.

I was able to import forge.all.min.js through the content script section of the manifest, like so :

[{
  "name": "XXX",
  "description": "XXXX",
  "version": "0.0.0.13",
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "background.js"
  },
  ...
  "content_scripts": [{
    "matches": ["*://*/*"],
    "all_frames": true,
    "js": [
      "jquery.js", 
      "content.js",
      "crypto.js",
       .....
      "node_modules/sjcl/sjcl.js",
      "node_modules/node-forge/dist/forge.all.min.js"
    ]
  }],
  "web_accessible_resources": [{
     ...
  }]
}]

I made the following code to test it out, it seems like the util library works just fine and i am able to parse the base64 inputs into binary array, however the decipher.start() method bugs out.

{
function test_it(ct, key, iv){
    console.log("@@@@@ ---- Crypto segment ---- @@@@@@")
    console.log("Cipher text", ct, "Key", key, "IV", iv)
    var decipher = forge.cipher.createDecipher('3DES-CBC', forge.util.binary.base64.decode(key))
    x = forge.util.binary.base64.decode(ct)
    console.log("ct",x)
    console.log("Loading iv into decipher ...")
    y = forge.util.binary.base64.decode(iv)
    console.log("iv",y)
    decipher.start({iv: y})
    console.log("Deciphering ....")
    //decipher.update(x)
    console.log(decipher.output.toHex())
    console.log("@@@@@ ---- Crypto segment ---- @@@@@@")
}

This code gets called directly in the browser page and produces the following result :

The blocking line is decipher.start({iv: y}), could you provide me with some ideas on where this may come from / what i'm missing ?