Upgrade apiserver to 0.36.1

[aravindtga]

Upgrades the Kubernetes API server and related dependencies from v0.34.1 to v0.36.1, along with controller-runtime from v0.22.4 to v0.24.1.

Core dependency upgrades

• k8s.io/api, apimachinery, apiserver, client-go, component-base, apiextensions-apiserver, cli-runtime, kube-aggregator, kubectl, kms: v0.34.1 → v0.36.1
• sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime: v0.22.4 → v0.24.1
• k8s.io/kube-openapi: updated to version compatible with v0.36.1
• Go: 1.25.7 → 1.26.0 (minimum required by k8s v0.36)

Third party apiserver

• Replaced third_party/k8s.io/apiserver-v0.34.1 with third_party/k8s.io/apiserver-v0.36.1

Type of Change

• Bug fix
• Enhancement
• New feature
• Refactor
• Documentation
• Tests
• Other: ________

Checklist

• Code follows project style guidelines
• Self-reviewed changes
• Tests added/updated
• Documentation added/updated
• All tests and gating checks pass

AI Disclosure

• I have used AI in the creation of this PR.

If so, please describe how:

• Kiro CLI to assist with dependency analysis, compatibility checks, and code fixes during the upgrade process.

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