Guard against crash when sk_CRYPTO_BUFFER_new_null() returns NULL - #1007

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830, actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262, actions/setup-java@cf277c60eb25467037889841efdb72551f06f6c3, actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02, crazy-max/ghaction-chocolatey@2526f467ccbd337d307fe179959cabbeca0bc8c0, ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@0b201ec74fa43914dc39ae48a89fd1d8cb592756, microsoft/setup-msbuild@6fb02220983dee41ce7ae257b6f4d8f9bf5ed4ce. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/