Index: web/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
IDEA additional info:
Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
<+>UTF-8
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diff --git a/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php b/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
--- a/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
+++ b/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php	(date 1660293432340)
@@ -2313,7 +2313,12 @@
         } else {
             $mode = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['versionNumberInFilename'];
         }
-        if ($doNothing || !file_exists($path)) {
+        $fileExists = false;
+        try {
+            $fileExists = file_exists($path);
+        } catch (\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Error\Exception $e) {
+        }
+        if ($doNothing || !$fileExists) {
             // File not found, return filename unaltered
             $fullName = $file;
         } else {