Document without citation doesn't get compiled

[raffaem]

Explain the problem.

A document with <div id="refs"></div> but without any citations crash at compilation time.

MWE:

---
title: "Title Here"
---

# Abstract

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

# References

<div id="refs"></div>

Command line:

❯ pandoc --from markdown --to pdf -o main.pdf main.md 
Error producing PDF.
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.108 \end{CSLReferences}

Pandoc version?

❯ pandoc --version
pandoc 3.1.9
Features: +server +lua
Scripting engine: Lua 5.4
User data directory: /home/raffaele/.local/share/pandoc
Copyright (C) 2006-2023 John MacFarlane. Web: https://pandoc.org
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is no
warranty, not even for merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

[jgm]

The tex generated will include

\begin{CSLReferences}{0}{1}
\end{CSLReferences}

and that seems to be the problem -- this is a list environment without an item.