java.lang.NullPointerException for the Credentials plugin

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Jenkins and plugins versions report

Jenkins: 2.462.3
OS: Linux - 6.1.87-99.174.amzn2023.x86_64
Java: 21.0.2 - Amazon.com Inc. (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM)

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What Operating System are you using (both controller, and any agents involved in the problem)?

Linux OS

Reproduction steps

1. Added crendetials mapper like below:
   withCredentials([[
   $class: 'AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding',
   credentialsId: 'aws-shared-account',
   accessKeyVariable: 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID',
   secretKeyVariable: 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'
   ]]) {

2. Run the pipeline. It gives below error
   Also: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.actions.ErrorAction$ErrorId: 8b612058-9c74-4276-9677-44a41163abc5
   java.lang.NullPointerException
   at java.base/java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(Objects.java:233)
   at PluginClassLoader for credentials//com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.findCredentialById(CredentialsProvider.java:897)
   at PluginClassLoader for credentials//com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.findCredentialById(CredentialsProvider.java:866)
   at PluginClassLoader for credentials-binding//org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.MultiBinding.getCredentials(MultiBinding.java:195)
   at PluginClassLoader for aws-credentials//com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.awscredentials.AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding.bind(AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding.java:134)
   at PluginClassLoader for credentials-binding//org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.impl.BindingStep$Execution2.doStart(BindingStep.java:132)
   at PluginClassLoader for workflow-step-api//org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution.lambda$run$0(GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution.java:77)
   at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572)
   at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
   at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
   at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
   at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)
   Finished: FAILURE

Expected Results

Credentials should be correctly processed

Actual Results

Failing with below error

Also: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.actions.ErrorAction$ErrorId: 8b612058-9c74-4276-9677-44a41163abc5
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.base/java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(Objects.java:233)
at PluginClassLoader for credentials//com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.findCredentialById(CredentialsProvider.java:897)
at PluginClassLoader for credentials//com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.findCredentialById(CredentialsProvider.java:866)
at PluginClassLoader for credentials-binding//org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.MultiBinding.getCredentials(MultiBinding.java:195)
at PluginClassLoader for aws-credentials//com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.awscredentials.AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding.bind(AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding.java:134)
at PluginClassLoader for credentials-binding//org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.impl.BindingStep$Execution2.doStart(BindingStep.java:132)
at PluginClassLoader for workflow-step-api//org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution.lambda$run$0(GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution.java:77)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)
Finished: FAILURE

Anything else?

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Are you interested in contributing a fix?

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