Installing Microsoft's "mdatp" package fails, the installation output requesting a password

Issue

• Trying to install mdatp package on a CIS hardened system, the installation fails due to the package requesting a password that cannot be entered

  Is this ok [y/N]: y
  Downloading Packages:
  [SKIPPED] mdatp_101.98.64.x86_64.rpm: Already downloaded                                                                                                   
  Running transaction check
  Transaction check succeeded.
  Running transaction test
  Transaction test succeeded.
  Running transaction
    Running scriptlet: mdatp-101.98.64-1.x86_64                                                                                                           1/1 
    Preparing        :                                                                                                                                    1/1 
    Running scriptlet: mdatp-101.98.64-1.x86_64                                                                                                           1/1 
  Current password: 
  [...]
  /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.WlFXxS: line 53: $cert_file: ambiguous redirect
  sudo: Account or password is expired, reset your password and try again
  sudo: unable to change expired password: Authentication token manipulation error
  Telemetry could not be submitted
  /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.WlFXxS: line 182: LogInfo: command not found
  sudo: Account or password is expired, reset your password and try again