A problem occurred evaluating script > java.lang.Exception (no error message)

eas run build fails with error message A problem occurred evaluating script > java.lang.Exception (no error message)
==> Managed workflow
==> eas-cli/0.33.1 darwin-x64 node-v14.18.1

Build error

Running './gradlew :app:bundleRelease' in /build/workingdir/build/android

Downloading https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8-all.zip

Unzipping /root/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-6.8-all/9emh0d32e025cam7aasxcw002/gradle-6.8-all.zip to /root/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-6.8-all/9emh0d32e025cam7aasxcw002

Set executable permissions for: /root/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-6.8-all/9emh0d32e025cam7aasxcw002/gradle-6.8/bin/gradle

Welcome to Gradle 6.8!

Here are the highlights of this release:
 - Faster Kotlin DSL script compilation
 - Vendor selection for Java toolchains
- Convenient execution of tasks in composite builds
 - Consistent dependency resolution

For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/6.8/release-notes.html

To honour the JVM settings for this build a single-use Daemon process will be forked. See https://docs.gradle.org/6.8/userguide/gradle_daemon.html#sec:disabling_the_daemon.

Daemon will be stopped at the end of the build

:ReactNative:Unexpected empty result of running '[node, /build/workingdir/build/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/bin.js, config]' command.

:ReactNative:Running '[node, /build/workingdir/build/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/bin.js, config]' command failed.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

Script '/build/workingdir/build/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle' line: 195
* What went wrong:

A problem occurred evaluating script > java.lang.Exception (no error message)


Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 11s

Error: Gradle build failed with unknown error. Please see logs for the "Run gradlew" phase.

error message points to the same line as this GH issue: Problemas com @react-native-community\cli\build\bin.js ao rodar npx react-native run-android · Issue #1250 · react-native-community/cli · GitHub

Might be worth checking through that thread?