azure-cli: az login --identity gives errors: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

$ az login --identity
bash: /anaconda/envs/jupyter_env/lib/libtinfo.so.6: no version information available (required by bash)
The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:
Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/knack/cli.py", line 233, in invoke
    cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 663, in execute
    raise ex
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 726, in _run_jobs_serially
    results.append(self._run_job(expanded_arg, cmd_copy))
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 697, in _run_job
    result = cmd_copy(params)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 333, in __call__
    return self.handler(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 121, in handler
    return op(**command_args)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/cli/command_modules/profile/custom.py", line 122, in login
    return profile.login_with_managed_identity(username, allow_no_subscriptions)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/cli/core/_profile.py", line 234, in login_with_managed_identity
    msi_creds = MSIAuthenticationWrapper(resource=resource)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/msrestazure/azure_active_directory.py", line 592, in __init__
    self.set_token()
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/cli/core/auth/adal_authentication.py", line 75, in set_token
    super().set_token()
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/msrestazure/azure_active_directory.py", line 596, in set_token
    self.scheme, _, self.token = get_msi_token_webapp(self.resource, self.msi_conf)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/msrestazure/azure_active_directory.py", line 548, in get_msi_token_webapp
    token_entry = result.json()
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 910, in json
    return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

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Describe the bug

Command Name az login

Errors:

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To Reproduce:

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• Put any pre-requisite steps here…
• az login --identity

Expected Behavior

Environment Summary

Linux-5.15.0-1031-azure-x86_64-with-glibc2.31, Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
Python 3.10.8
Installer: DEB

azure-cli 2.45.0

Extensions:
ml 2.14.0

Dependencies:
msal 1.20.0
azure-mgmt-resource 21.1.0b1

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