Merge branch 'ibm-highVul-fix' into 'master'

CVE-2024-57699 high vulnerability fix

See merge request !652

provider/partition-ibm/pom.xml

@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@
             <groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
             <artifactId>partition-core</artifactId>
             <version>0.28.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+                <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+                <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
 
@@ -181,7 +187,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.1</version>
+            <version>2.5.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>