Update dependency axios to v1.18.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
axios (source)	dependencies	minor	1.16.0 → 1.18.0

By merging this PR, the issue #1166 will be automatically resolved and closed:

Severity	CVSS Score	Vulnerability
High	8.2	CVE-2026-67320
High	7.5	CVE-2026-12143
Medium	6.5	CVE-2026-67314
Medium	5.8	CVE-2026-67315
Medium	5.8	CVE-2026-67317
Medium	5.8	CVE-2026-67318
Medium	5.3	CVE-2026-67312
Medium	5.3	CVE-2026-67313
Medium	5.3	CVE-2026-67321
Medium	4.0	CVE-2026-67319
Low	3.7	CVE-2026-67316

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Release Notes

axios/axios (axios)

v1.18.0

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This release hardens redirect and URL handling, improves the validateStatus configuration semantics, and includes updates to documentation, dependencies, and release metadata.

v1.17.0

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This release adds Node HTTP zstd decompression, hardens config and release workflows, and fixes authentication, header, proxy, and type-handling regressions.

v1.16.1

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This release ships a defence-in-depth fix for prototype pollution in formDataToJSON, hardens proxy and CI workflows, restores Webpack 4 compatibility for the fetch adapter, and includes several small bug fixes and maintenance improvements.

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