The problem was here.
The goal was to minimize manual algebra.
Let $ab + bc + ac = s$. Then $abc = 2022s$ and thus $a,b,c$ are roots of the polynomial
$$ t^3 - 2022t^2 + st - 2022s = (t-2022)(t^2 + s) $$
Thus we can assume $a = 2022, b = -c$ and thus the answer is $2022^{-2023}$.
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