Editor crashes with "GetManagerFromContext: pointer to object of manager 'PlayerSettings' is NULL (table index 0)" error when launching a project with a corrupted library

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open the “user’s attached project”
2. Observe the "GetManagerFromContext: pointer to object of manager 'PlayerSettings' is NULL (table index 0)" error and the Editor crash

Reproducible with versions: 2021.3.50f1, 2022.1.0a1, 2022.3.60f1, 6000.0.45f1, 6000.1.0b13, 6000.2.0a8

Reproducible on: macOS 15.1.1 (M1 Max), Windows 11 (by user)
Not reproducible on: no other environment tested

First few lines of StackTrace:

0x00007FFB72C6AB6A (KERNELBASE) RaiseException
0x00007FF755C2B5AE (Unity) LaunchBugReporter
0x00007FF7555E91FB (Unity) EditorMonoConsole::LogToConsoleImplementation
0x00007FF7555E9ADD (Unity) EditorMonoConsole::LogToConsoleImplementation
0x00007FF7562AD47F (Unity) DebugStringToFilePostprocessedStacktrace

Note: Editor still crashes after rebuilding the corrupted library when it is detected, or deleting the Library folder manually and opening the Editor