[BUG] win_wua.available exception when no patches are available

[brettgilmer]

Description

Setup
WIndows 11 23h2 update, no available patches according to Windows UI
salt-call win_wua.available
seen in salt 3004.2 and 3006.5
this seems new.....

(Please provide relevant configs and/or SLS files (be sure to remove sensitive info. There is no general set-up of Salt.)

Please be as specific as possible and give set-up details.

• [X ] on-prem machine
• VM (Virtualbox, KVM, etc. please specify)
• VM running on a cloud service, please be explicit and add details
• container (Kubernetes, Docker, containerd, etc. please specify)
• or a combination, please be explicit
• jails if it is FreeBSD
• classic packaging
• onedir packaging
• used bootstrap to install

Steps to Reproduce the behavior
WIndows 11 23h2 update, no available patches according to Windows UI
salt-call win_wua.available

Expected behavior
No exception, an empty-list of available patches

Screenshots

C:\>salt-call win_wua.available 09:33:08 - ERROR - salt._logging.impl - An un-handled exception was caught by Salt's global exception handler: AttributeError: <unknown>.IsHidden Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Salt\lib\runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, File "C:\Salt\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "C:\Salt\salt-call.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module> sys.exit(salt_call()) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\scripts.py", line 443, in salt_call client.run() File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\cli\call.py", line 50, in run caller.run() File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\cli\caller.py", line 95, in run ret = self.call() File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\cli\caller.py", line 202, in call ret["return"] = self.minion.executors[fname]( File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 159, in __call__ ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 1245, in run return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 1260, in _run_as return _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\Lib\site-packages\salt\executors\direct_call.py", line 10, in execute return func(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 159, in __call__ ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 1245, in run return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 1260, in _run_as return _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\Lib\site-packages\salt\modules\win_wua.py", line 269, in available updates = wua.available( File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\utils\win_update.py", line 531, in available if salt.utils.data.is_true(update.IsHidden) and skip_hidden: File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 639, in __getattr__ raise AttributeError("%s.%s" % (self._username_, attr)) AttributeError: <unknown>.IsHidden (impl.py->__global_logging_exception_handler:1069) Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Salt\lib\runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, File "C:\Salt\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "C:\Salt\salt-call.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module> File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\scripts.py", line 443, in salt_call client.run() File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\cli\call.py", line 50, in run caller.run() File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\cli\caller.py", line 95, in run ret = self.call() File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\cli\caller.py", line 202, in call ret["return"] = self.minion.executors[fname]( File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 159, in __call__ ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 1245, in run return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 1260, in _run_as return _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\Lib\site-packages\salt\executors\direct_call.py", line 10, in execute return func(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 159, in __call__ ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 1245, in run return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\loader\lazy.py", line 1260, in _run_as return _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Salt\Lib\site-packages\salt\modules\win_wua.py", line 269, in available updates = wua.available( File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\salt\utils\win_update.py", line 531, in available if salt.utils.data.is_true(update.IsHidden) and skip_hidden: File "C:\Salt\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 639, in __getattr__ raise AttributeError("%s.%s" % (self._username_, attr)) AttributeError: <unknown>.IsHidden

Versions Report

C:>salt-call --versions-report
Salt Version:
Salt: 3006.5

Python Version:
Python: 3.10.13 (heads/main:5600dd9, Nov 15 2023, 04:42:06) [MSC v.1937 64 bit (AMD64)]

Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.14.6
cherrypy: 18.6.1
dateutil: 2.8.1
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: 4.0.7
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.2
libgit2: Not Installed
looseversion: 1.0.2
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.2
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
packaging: 22.0
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.10.1
pygit2: Not Installed
python-gnupg: 0.4.8
PyYAML: 6.0.1
PyZMQ: 25.0.2
relenv: 0.14.2
smmap: 4.0.0
timelib: 0.2.4
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.3.4

System Versions:
dist:
locale: cp1252
machine: AMD64
release: 10
system: Windows
version: 10 10.0.22621 SP0 Multiprocessor Free

PASTE HERE

Additional context
I wrote my own script based on what salt is doing, and I see that my "updates" array below contains a list of CDispatch objects, but they seem to be corrupted... I can not access any fields within them without throwing an exception.

`
def dbg():
import pywintypes
import salt.utils.winapi
import salt.utils.win_update as win_update
import salt.utils.data
import win32com.client

with salt.utils.winapi.Com():
    # Create a session with the Windows Update Agent
    session = win32com.client.Dispatch("Microsoft.Update.Session")

    # Create Collection for Updates
    updates = win32com.client.Dispatch("Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl")


search_string = "Type='Software' or Type='Driver'"

# Create searcher object
searcher = session.CreateUpdateSearcher()
searcher.Online = True
session.ClientApplicationID = "Salt: Load Updates"

# Load all updates into the updates collection
try:
    results = searcher.Search(search_string)
    if results.Updates.Count == 0:
        log.debug("No Updates found for:\n\t\t%s", search_string)
        return f"No Updates found: {search_string}"
except pywintypes.com_error as error:
    log.error("Search Failed:")
    return "forked it"

updates = results.Updates

for update in updates:
    log.error(f"class= {update.__class__.__name__}")


return None

`