Cannot import PSScriptAnalyzer 1.24.0 with PowerShell 7.4.5 or earlier

Cannot import PSScriptAnalyzer 1.24.0 with PowerShell 7.4.5 or earlier on Linux*. Attempting to do so fails with the following error:

Import-Module: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Management.Automation, Version=7.4.6.500, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file specified.

* Update: removed "on linux" since we now know this issue will occur on all platforms.

• PSScriptAnalyzer 1.23.0 works as expected.
• PowerShell 7.4.6+ works as expected.
  • Reproduced with 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.5.
  • Did not try with earlier versions.
• Did not try on Windows, although it does work okay with PS 7.5.1.

Steps to reproduce

Easiest way to repro is probably via a linux container with PowerShell installed:

$cmds = @(
  'Install-Module PSScriptAnalyzer -RequiredVersion 1.24.0 -Force'
  'Import-Module PSScriptAnalyzer -PassThru'
  '$Error[0] | select *'
) -join '; '
docker run -it --rm demisto/powershell-ubuntu:7.4.5.112371 pwsh -c $cmds

In this example I am using demisto/powershell-ubuntu:7.4.5.112371 but I was also able to repeat using an older .NET SDK container (mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0.302-bookworm-slim-arm64v8) containing PowerShell v7.4.2.

Expected behavior

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------
Script     1.24.0                PSScriptAnalyzer                    {Get-ScriptAnalyzerRule, Invoke-Formatter, Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer}

Actual behavior

Import-Module: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Management.Automation, Version=7.4.6.500, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file
specified.

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------
Script     1.24.0                PSScriptAnalyzer

PSMessageDetails      :
Exception             : System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Management.Automation, Version=7.4.6.500, Culture=neutral,
                        PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file specified.

                        File name: 'System.Management.Automation, Version=7.4.6.500, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
                           at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetExportedTypes()
                           at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PSSnapInHelpers.GetAssemblyTypes(Assembly assembly, String name)
                           at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PSSnapInHelpers.AnalyzeModuleAssemblyWithReflection(Assembly assembly, String name, PSSnapInInfo
                        psSnapInInfo, PSModuleInfo moduleInfo, String helpFile, Dictionary`2& cmdlets, Dictionary`2& aliases, Dictionary`2& providers)
                           at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PSSnapInHelpers.AnalyzePSSnapInAssembly(Assembly assembly, String name, PSSnapInInfo psSnapInInfo,
                        PSModuleInfo moduleInfo, Dictionary`2& cmdlets, Dictionary`2& aliases, Dictionary`2& providers, String& helpFile)
                           at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState.ImportCmdletsFromAssembly(Assembly assembly, PSModuleInfo module)
                           at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadBinaryModule(PSModuleInfo parentModule, String moduleName, String fileName, Assembly
                        assemblyToLoad, String moduleBase, SessionState ss, ImportModuleOptions options, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, String prefix,
                        Boolean& found, String shortModuleName, Boolean disableFormatUpdates)
                           at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ModuleCmdletBase.LoadModule(PSModuleInfo parentModule, String fileName, String moduleBase, String prefix,
                        SessionState ss, Object privateData, ImportModuleOptions& options, ManifestProcessingFlags manifestProcessingFlags, Boolean& found, Boolean&
                        moduleFileFound)
                           at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand.ImportModule_LocallyViaName(ImportModuleOptions importModuleOptions, String name)
                           at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand.ImportModule_LocallyViaName_WithTelemetry(ImportModuleOptions importModuleOptions, String
                        name)
                           at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand.ProcessRecord()
                           at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()
TargetObject          :
CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
ErrorDetails          :
InvocationInfo        : System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/PSScriptAnalyzer/1.24.0/PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1: line 34
                        at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo : {}

Environment data

> $PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.5
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.5
OS                             Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

> (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }
InvalidOperation: You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

Reproduce the failure with the provided PowerShell 7.4.5 Docker command and compare it with PowerShell 7.4.6+ and PSScriptAnalyzer 1.23.0. Start at PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1 line 34 and inspect the module-loading path around the System.Management.Automation assembly reference. Done means PSScriptAnalyzer 1.24.0 imports successfully on the affected PowerShell versions and exports the expected commands.