[release-5.0] OCPBUGS-107939: CVE-2026-41178 - bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel to v1.44.0

[rissh]

Summary

• Backport of OCPBUGS-112564: Fix CVE-2026-41178 - bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel to v1.44.0 #262 (main / 5.1) onto release-5.0.
• Bumps indirect go.opentelemetry.io/otel (and matching otel/metric, otel/trace) from v1.43.0 to v1.44.0 and vendors the result.
• Addresses CVE-2026-41178 (GO-2026-5158): unbounded baggage Parse on otel v1.41.0 and v1.43.0. The code fix is OpenTelemetry-Go #8222 in v1.44.0.
• Same change as PR 262: no first-party logic updates, dependency pin only.

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@rissh: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-107939, which is invalid:

• expected the vulnerability to target either version "5.1.0." or "openshift-5.1.0.", but it targets "5.0.0" instead

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Summary

• Backport of OCPBUGS-112564: Fix CVE-2026-41178 - bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel to v1.44.0 #262 (main / 5.1) onto release-5.0.
• Bumps indirect go.opentelemetry.io/otel (and matching otel/metric, otel/trace) from v1.43.0 to v1.44.0 and vendors the result.
• Addresses CVE-2026-41178 (GO-2026-5158): unbounded baggage Parse on otel v1.41.0 and v1.43.0. The code fix is OpenTelemetry-Go #8222 in v1.44.0.
• Same change as PR 262: no first-party logic updates, dependency pin only.

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@rissh: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-107939, which is invalid:

• expected dependent Jira Issue OCPBUGS-112564 to be in one of the following states: MODIFIED, ON_QA, VERIFIED, but it is POST instead

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Summary

• Backport of OCPBUGS-112564: Fix CVE-2026-41178 - bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel to v1.44.0 #262 (main / 5.1) onto release-5.0.
• Bumps indirect go.opentelemetry.io/otel (and matching otel/metric, otel/trace) from v1.43.0 to v1.44.0 and vendors the result.
• Addresses CVE-2026-41178 (GO-2026-5158): unbounded baggage Parse on otel v1.41.0 and v1.43.0. The code fix is OpenTelemetry-Go #8222 in v1.44.0.
• Same change as PR 262: no first-party logic updates, dependency pin only.

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