[prayagv]

Summary

• Apply the reviewed patch updates for Log4j 2.26.1, Lombok 1.18.48, and SLF4J 2.0.20.
• Keep the Allure Java BOM 3.0 major and Allure Maven plugin update out of this change; the existing reporting path remains on Allure 2 pending a separate compatibility review.

Validation

• POM XML parsing, repository Markdown local-link checks, and git diff --check pass locally.
• Maven/Java tests could not run in this execution environment because no Java executable is installed. Hosted required checks must pass before merge.

Scope

This isolates the patch releases from Dependabot PR #42, which mixes them with Allure changes and has failing checks.