diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 29f6e5d7..a1b29e05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-push-test
     if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
index 44ebdbcd..d974e615 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action to delete untagged and orphaned images
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           allowed-endpoints: >
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
index 346b5cdf..d5199b42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write # is needed by actions/stale to close/comment on issues
       pull-requests: write # is needed by actions/stale to close/comment on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
index 9d3e1607..49ac152e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read # is needed to checkout the repository
       issues: write # is needed by gh cli to create/close/pin/unpin issues
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
index 884faf5d..a52634e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by oxsecurity/megalinter and reviewdog/action-suggester to post PR comments
       security-events: write # is needed by oxsecurity/megalinter for uploading sarif files
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           APPLY_FIXES: all
           VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: true
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@c10b8064de6f491fea524254123dbe5e09572f13 # v4.35.1
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@95e58e9a2cdfd71adc6e0353d5c52f41a045d225 # v4.35.2
         if: success() || failure()
         with:
           sarif_file: megalinter-reports/megalinter-report.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
index 1c2612fa..ec367938 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write # is needed by github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload sarif files
       id-token: write # is needed by ossf/scorecard-action to authenticate with OIDC
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ jobs:
           results_format: sarif
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.SCORECARD_TOKEN }}
           publish_results: true
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@c10b8064de6f491fea524254123dbe5e09572f13 # v4.35.1
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@95e58e9a2cdfd71adc6e0353d5c52f41a045d225 # v4.35.2
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
index cf42d8b2..57734735 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment to post comments on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           allowed-endpoints: >
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
index a27c201d..e1247677 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action to delete images
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: write # is needed to delete workflow run caches
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
index 654366e7..ac9b19f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read # is needed by philips-software/pull-request-report-action to fetch workflow run information
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index b3c9c0d2..1673428f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       # currently provide a more fine-grained permission for release modification.
       contents: write # is needed to modify a release
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       REGISTRY: ghcr.io
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write # is needed to modify a release
     needs: [generate-documents]
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by rdlf0/comment-released-prs-action to post comments on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index d3032498..af24b365 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
index 6e4db1e9..b4c0fcfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write # is needed by peter-evans/create-pull-request to create branches and push commits
       pull-requests: write # is needed by peter-evans/create-pull-request to create a PR
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write # is needed by peter-evans/create-pull-request to create branches and push commits
       pull-requests: write # is needed by peter-evans/create-pull-request to create a PR
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
index 1c49f827..e033fb21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       security-events: write # is needed by github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload sarif files
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: crazy-max/ghaction-container-scan@a0a3900b79d158c85ccf034e5368fae620a9233a # v4.0.0
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           image: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}-${{ matrix.flavor }}:latest
           dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@c10b8064de6f491fea524254123dbe5e09572f13 # v4.35.1
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@95e58e9a2cdfd71adc6e0353d5c52f41a045d225 # v4.35.2
         if: steps.scan.outputs.sarif != ''
         with:
           sarif_file: ${{ steps.scan.outputs.sarif }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
index 74fd3e95..826f5e9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: acceptance-testing
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: false # Playwright requires root privileges to install browsers
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
index 7376dd24..f5b68c24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write # is needed by docker/build-push-action to push images when using GitHub Container Registry
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
       digest: ${{ steps.inspect-manifest.outputs.digest }}
       version: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
index d4e2d823..9ce0c22e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write # is needed by actions/dependency-review-action to write PR summaries
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
index b016412f..51702ab5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
index d13e2b81..de1ddadb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
index d9ceaefc..46871176 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: false
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
index 66d7e301..fc522d1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by devcontainers/action to write templates as OCI artifacts
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
index 9861f763..b334c2d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       image-name: ${{ steps.sanitize-image-name.outputs.sanitized-image-name }}
       fully-qualified-image-name: ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ steps.sanitize-image-name.outputs.sanitized-image-name }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@f808768d1510423e83855289c910610ca9b43176 # v2.17.0
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@6c3c2f2c1c457b00c10c4848d6f5491db3b629df # v2.18.0
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           allowed-endpoints: >