REPLACE-WITH-JIRA-KEY: Bump k8s dependencies to v0.36.2 (k8s 1.36, Go 1.26)

[dfarrell07]

Summary

Rebase Kubernetes dependencies from v0.35.2 to v0.36.2 (k8s 1.35 → 1.36), with Go 1.25 → 1.26.

• Bumps all k8s.io/* deps to v0.36.2
• Bumps sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.3 → v0.24.1
• Bumps sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.20.1 → v0.21.0
• Updates Go builder images from 1.25 to 1.26 in Dockerfile and .ci-operator.yaml
• Regenerates CRD manifests with controller-gen v0.21.0
• No Go source file changes outside vendor — clean dependency-only rebase

Commits

Commit	Description
34403e65e	Rebase k8s-rebase-1.36.2 to k8s 1.36 (go.mod + vendor)
0f42e58c3	Update codegen for k8s 1.36 (CRD manifest)
45500264d	Update version references for k8s 1.36 (Dockerfile + CI)

All commits are mechanical — no manual fixes were needed.

Verification

• Build: PASS (Go 1.26.0, go build ./...)
• Vet: PASS (go vet ./...)
• Lint: PASS (golangci-lint)
• Tests: 16/17 packages pass; 1 pre-existing failure (pkg/controller/proxyconfig — requires RHEL CA bundle, not available in containers)
• staticcheck SA1019: 15 deprecated API calls found, all pre-existing in sync_vips.go
• govulncheck: 20 Go stdlib CVEs in go1.26.0, not rebase-related
• k8s 1.36 changelog: 30 relevant entries reviewed, none affect this repo
• Antagonistic review: APPROVE

Notes

• k8s.io/streaming is a new module added in k8s 1.36
• grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus replaced by grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware (upstream change)
• 12 new default-true feature gates in k8s 1.36 (none affect this repo directly)

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