Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

[jbne]

I'm getting this error when trying to perform a Windows update using Packer to build a win11-23h2-ent VM in Azure:

2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1: Install-WindowsUpdate : Something goes wrong: Update for Windows Security platform antimalware platform - KB5007651
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1: (Version 1.0.2402.27001); Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1: At C:\Windows\Temp\script-668de296-dc4e-939c-b1ea-098a3fa74e58.ps1:18 char:1
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1: + Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1: + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1:     + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [Get-WindowsUpdate], Exception
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1:     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Debug,PSWindowsUpdate.GetWindowsUpdate
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1:
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1. Allowed exit codes are: [0]
2024-07-09T18:24:25-07:00: ==> azure-arm.autogenerated_1: Step "StepProvision" failed

This is a similar error to the packer-plugin-windows-update described in this issue that I recently opened, so maybe they are somewhat related - something that was never expected to be null is now null maybe?

https://github.com/rgl/packer-plugin-windows-update/issues/144