Merge branch 'lts-4.3' into rc

pom.xml

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <spring-boot-test.version>3.5.13</spring-boot-test.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2025-48924. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
         <postgresql.version>42.7.11</postgresql.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2026-42198. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
-        <netty.version>4.1.133.Final</netty.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2026-42579, CVE-2026-42583, CVE-2026-42584, CVE-2026-42587. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
+        <netty.version>4.1.134.Final</netty.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2026-42579, CVE-2026-42583, CVE-2026-42584, CVE-2026-42587, and MQTT decoder regression introduced in 4.1.133 by the CVE-2026-44248 fix. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
         <tomcat.version>10.1.55</tomcat.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2026-41284, CVE-2026-43512. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
         <javax.xml.bind-api.version>2.4.0-b180830.0359</javax.xml.bind-api.version>
         <jjwt.version>0.12.5</jjwt.version>