fix(security): upgrade black to 26.3.1 for Dependabot alert #13

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Move black to a patched version that addresses CVE-2026-32274 and resolves the open Dependabot vulnerability in the backend dependency set.

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Low Risk
Low risk: only updates the black dev dependency version in backend/requirements.txt to address CVE-2026-32274; no runtime or business-logic code changes.

Overview
Updates the backend development dependency set by bumping black from 24.10.0 to 26.3.1 in backend/requirements.txt to remediate CVE-2026-32274 (arbitrary file write) flagged by Dependabot.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated development tool dependencies to latest versions for improved stability and performance.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Updated the development dependency black from version 24.10.0 to 26.3.1 in the backend requirements file. No other package versions were modified.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Development Dependency Update LENR_Math_Sim/backend/requirements.txt	Bumped black code formatter from 24.10.0 to 26.3.1, including security-related comment text adjustment.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Poem

A hop, skip, and jump through the code,
Black's version grows along the road,
From twenty-four to twenty-six so bright,
Our formatter's polished, code looks just right! ✨🐰

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and specifically describes the main change: upgrading the black package to address a security vulnerability, which aligns perfectly with the changeset that updates black from 24.10.0 to 26.3.1 in requirements.txt.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.

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• Commit unit tests in branch fix/dependabot-13-black-cve-2026-32274

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Pull request overview

This PR upgrades the backend’s pinned black dependency to address a Dependabot-reported security vulnerability (CVE-2026-32274) in the backend dependency set.

Changes:

• Bump black from 24.10.0 to 26.3.1 in backend/requirements.txt
• Update the inline comment to reference the new CVE/fix rationale

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