[MNG-10928] Upgrade commons-lang3 to 3.18.0 (CVE-2025-48924) - #13082

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Description

This PR upgrades org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.8.1 to 3.18.0 in the maven-3.8.x branch to remediate CVE-2025-48924.

Key Changes

1. Dependency Upgrade: Bumped <commonsLangVersion> from 3.8.1 to 3.18.0 in root pom.xml.
2. Enforcer Rule Exemption: commons-lang3 >= 3.9 targets Java 8 (class file version 52.0), which triggers the enforce-bytecode-version enforcer check in maven-3.8.x (<maxJdkVersion>1.7</maxJdkVersion>). We added an <exclude>org.apache.commons:commons-lang3</exclude> under enforceBytecodeVersion to whitelist the security-patched artifact without weakening bytecode checks for all other dependencies.
3. Compatibility Preserved: animal-sniffer-maven-plugin continues enforcing Java 1.7 API compatibility for all Maven source classes.

Verification

• Executed mvn clean verify across all 15 reactor modules with success (0 errors, 0 test failures).