Backport from `master` to `stable-2.541` for LTS 2.541.2#2258

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lemeurherve:stable-2.541_backport-deps-and-tooling

Feb 15, 2026

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backport: use Jenkins 2.544 as 2.545 and later requires JDK21
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Bump Alpine Linux Version to 3.23.3 (#2240)

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Bump JDK17 version to 17.0.18+8 (#2247)

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chore: Bump JDK25 version for Linux images in the docker-bake.hcl file (#2241)

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Bump RHEL version to 9.7-1770238273 (#2248)

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chore(bake): remove Weekly/LTS differenciations (#2228)
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chore: verify WAR signature when downloading it (#2233)
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chore(windows/make.ps1) ensure Pester is only installed as user (instead of system) (#2236)

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fix(make.ps1): fetch jenkins versions from Artifactory and set `LATEST_WEEKLY` & `LATEST_LTS`
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fix(bake): proper Windows version processing
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