ROB-1256 Backport perl/glibc/git CVE fixes from Debian forky

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Summary

Fixes the perl:5.40.1-6 critical finding (5 CVEs, CVSS 9.8) flagged against the runner image. Debian trixie has no patched perl - all 5 CVEs are marked "vulnerable, no DSA" on the Debian security tracker, meaning Debian itself has assessed them as not warranting a backported fix. The only actual fix is Debian forky (testing)'s perl-base 5.42.3-1.

This extends the existing per-package forky pin (already used to backport the libssh2/libattr1/libacl1 fix in a prior PR) to also cover perl and its full dependency closure:

• perl-base, perl, perl-modules-5.42, libperl5.42 → fixes CVE-2026-57433, CVE-2026-13221, CVE-2026-57432, CVE-2026-15534, CVE-2026-19487
• libc6, libc-bin, libc-gconv-modules-extra, libcrypt1 → forky's perl pre-depends on glibc >= 2.43, unavailable in trixie
• git, git-man, liberror-perl → Debian's git package hard-depends on perl at a matched version, so pinning perl-base alone makes apt remove git instead of upgrading it (confirmed by testing). Picking up forky's git bumps it 2.47.3 → 2.53.0.

Nothing else moves - the per-package pin (Pin-Priority: 990 for the named packages, -1 for everything else in forky) keeps the resolution closed. Verified via a full dpkg -l diff between the old and new image that no unrelated package (libssl3t64, curl, coreutils, etc.) changed.

Why not something narrower

• Bumping the python:X.Y-slim base image tag doesn't help - 3.12/3.13/3.14-slim all currently resolve to the same Debian trixie base with the same vulnerable perl.
• Removing perl-base outright isn't possible while keeping git - Debian's git package has a hard Depends: perl, confirmed by testing (removing perl-base cascades into removing git, liberror-perl, and the perl packages together).

Testing

• Build: full multi-stage image builds cleanly (docker build).
• Package diff: dpkg -l diff between baseline and patched image shows exactly the packages listed above changed, nothing else.
• Compiled extensions: cryptography (the dependency most sensitive to a glibc bump) imports and works in the patched image; kubernetes client and robusta package import fine.
• Test suite: full pytest run gives identical results on both images - 375 passed, 19 failed, 17 skipped, 1 error. The failures are pre-existing environment issues (no live k8s cluster in the sandbox), not regressions.
• Git functional test: stood up a real SSH git server in a container and drove the actual GitRepo class (src/robusta/integrations/git/git_repo.py) against it over SSH with a real key - the exact GIT_SSH_COMMAND path used for cloning custom playbook repos and for the git-audit playbook. Exercised the full command surface: clone (SSH), add, commit, push, pull --rebase -Xtheirs, log --since, rm. All passed identically on git 2.53.0 (patched) and git 2.47.3 (baseline) - no behavioral differences found.
• kubectl / curl / ssh: all functional post-bump.

Test plan

• CI build passes (multi-arch, matches this local single-arch validation)
• Scanner re-run confirms the 5 perl CVEs are cleared
• Smoke-test a real custom playbook repo clone (git@) against a production-like cluster before/alongside rollout

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The Dockerfile now applies forky APT pins to packages on both the native architecture and arm64. Comments document the :any qualification.

Changes

Forky package pinning

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Expand forky package installation Dockerfile	The forky APT pin block qualifies pinned package names and the Package: * entry with :any. Comments explain the arm64 architecture requirement.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: backporting Perl, glibc, and Git CVE fixes from Debian forky.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the security fixes, package updates, dependency constraints, testing results, and remaining validation steps.
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Inline comments:
In `@Dockerfile`:
- Line 95: Correct the Debian dependency comment near the CVE-2026-19487 note to
state that amd64 forky’s perl-base declares Depends on libc6 >= 2.42, replacing
the inaccurate Pre-Depends and 2.43 wording.
- Line 101: Update the APT preferences block after enabling arm64 so the
allowlist and the Package: * exclusion apply to arm64 packages as well as the
native architecture; use architecture-qualified patterns such as :any or
explicit :arm64 entries while preserving the existing forky pin priorities.

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