Reported here https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/12629#issuecomment-381095603 by @Empact.  I've seen it now in a few different travis jobs, including:

https://travis-ci.org/bitcoin/bitcoin/jobs/366157920
https://travis-ci.org/bitcoin/bitcoin/jobs/366139851

From my initial investigation it seems like there may be an actual bug in block announcement, so I'm  opening this issue to track.
if (!CBlockIndexWorkComparator()(pindex, chainActive.Tip()) && setBlockIndexCandidates.count(pindex) == 0) {
                if (pindexFirstInvalid == nullptr) {
                    assert(foundInUnlinked);
                }
            }
        }
        
        
        
        std::pair<std::multimap<CBlockIndex*,CBlockIndex*>::iterator,std::multimap<CBlockIndex*,CBlockIndex*>::iterator> range = forward.equal_range(pindex);
        if (range.first != range.second) {
            
            pindex = range.first->second;
            nHeight++;
            continue;
        }
        
        
        while (pindex) {
            
            
            if (pindex == pindexFirstInvalid) pindexFirstInvalid = nullptr;
            if (pindex == pindexFirstMissing) pindexFirstMissing = nullptr;
            if (pindex == pindexFirstNeverProcessed) pindexFirstNeverProcessed = nullptr;