OCPBUGS-96822: Bump golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0

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Summary

This PR addresses CVE-2026-27136 by updating golang.org/x/net from v0.53.0 to v0.55.0, which includes a fix for an XSS vulnerability in the HTML parser.

CVE Details

CVE-2026-27136: Cross-Site Scripting via HTML parsing bypass in golang.org/x/net/html

• Severity: Medium
• Affected: golang.org/x/net < v0.55.0
• Impact: XSS vulnerability when parsing HTML with duplicate attributes
• Vulnerable functions: html.Parse(), html.ParseFragment()

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Summary

This PR addresses CVE-2026-27136 by updating golang.org/x/net from v0.53.0 to v0.55.0, which includes a fix for an XSS vulnerability in the HTML parser.

CVE Details

CVE-2026-27136: Cross-Site Scripting via HTML parsing bypass in golang.org/x/net/html

• Severity: Medium
• Affected: golang.org/x/net < v0.55.0
• Impact: XSS vulnerability when parsing HTML with duplicate attributes
• Vulnerable functions: html.Parse(), html.ParseFragment()

Risk Assessment

LOW RISK ⚠️

Analysis confirmed:

• ✅ The csi-driver-manila does NOT import golang.org/x/net/html
• ✅ Vulnerable functions are NOT called by application code
• ⚠️ Dependency present as transitive dependency only
• ✅ No code uses HTML parsing functionality

This update is applied for compliance with security scanning requirements.

Changes

• Updated golang.org/x/net from v0.53.0 to v0.55.0
• Updated related golang.org/x/* dependencies (crypto, sys, term, text)
• Ran go mod tidy and go mod vendor
• Updated vendor directory (125 files changed)

Go Version Compatibility

• ✅ Project Go version: 1.26.0
• ✅ Fix requires: Go 1.25.0
• ✅ Compatible - direct update (Path A)
• ✅ No Go version upgrade needed

Test Plan

• Unit tests pass
• Integration tests pass
• Verify no regression in Manila CSI driver functionality
• QE verification

Related

• Jira: OCPBUGS-96822
• CVE: CVE-2026-27136
• Go issue: golang/go#79575

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