I responded earlier but figured it out. The update you mentioned, I put it in the Microsoft Catalogue Search Bar and used it to update my system. No issues whatsoever and it got rid of the problematic pending update.
I have an HP Pavillon Windows 10 2H22 X64 bit processing, if this is of any help.
I don't know if it will stop it if you already had the update installed but it's worth a try.
When you go onto the Catalogue and see the possible downloads, don't press download. Press the name of the update for the right system you're using, then look at package details and it shows the replacement. Copy the KB number for the replacement and then paste it into the Catalogue search in the right hand corner of the page and look for the one that corresponds to your computer and download it. It should do a normal and (at least for mine it was quick) update and start up without it prompting to update to the bad update.
(I realize you're in IT but I figured I would go into detail for other people.)
Thank you very much for you reply and helpful info.
Respectfully,