Crash on ClothScene::PrepareScene when entering Play mode

Reproduction steps:

1. Open the attached project “IN-18064.zip“
2. Enter Play mode

Expected result: Play mode is entered successfully without the Editor crashing
Actual result: the Editor crashes

Reproducible with: 2022.2.0b10, 2023.1.0a13
Could not test with: 2020.3.40f1, 2021.3.11f1, 2022.1.19f1 - due to errors in the Console when downgrading the project

Reproduced on: Windows 10 Pro

First few lines of the stack trace:
{{0x00007ff6e7e140b9 (Unity) ClothScene::PrepareScene }}
{{0x00007ff6e7e13aae (Unity) ClothManager::LateUpdate }}
{{0x00007ff6e7e1309b (Unity) `ClothManager::Initialize'::`2'::PostLateUpdatePhysicsSkinnedClothBeginUpdateRegistrator::Forward }}
{{0x00007ff6e755c2da (Unity) ExecutePlayerLoop }}
0x00007ff6e755c463 (Unity) ExecutePlayerLoop