REPLACE-WITH-JIRA-KEY: Bump k8s dependencies to 1.36.2

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Summary

Bumps Kubernetes dependencies from v0.35.2 (k8s 1.35) to v0.36.2 (k8s 1.36).

• k8s.io/* dependencies: v0.35.2 → v0.36.2
• Go version: 1.25.0 → 1.26.0
• CI builder image: golang-1.25 → golang-1.26
• controller-gen: v0.20.1 → v0.21.0

What changed

Commit	Description
13b8c72	Rebase k8s-rebase-1.36.2 to k8s 1.36 (dep bump, go mod tidy, vendor)
059d131	Update codegen for k8s 1.36 (controller-gen CRD regeneration)
b41d56c	Update version references (Dockerfile, .ci-operator.yaml)

All commits are mechanical — no non-vendor Go source files were modified.

Verification

• Build: go build ./... — PASS
• Vet: go vet ./... — PASS
• Lint: golangci-lint run — PASS (0 issues, v2.12.2)
• Tests: 16/17 packages PASS, 1 pre-existing failure (pkg/controller/proxyconfig needs /etc/pki/ca-trust in container, same on master)
• go mod tidy: clean (no diff)
• go mod verify: all modules verified

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