[2201.8.x] Address CVE-2024-7254 vulnerability

[TharmiganK]

Purpose

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Part of: ballerina-platform/ballerina-library#7013

Examples

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Checklist

• Linked to an issue
• Updated the changelog
• Added tests
• Updated the spec
• Checked native-image compatibility
• Checked the impact on OpenAPI generation

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 81.70%. Comparing base (b59b1f6) to head (c374d69).
Report is 5 commits behind head on 2201.8.x.

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##             2201.8.x    #2158      +/-   ##
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- Coverage       81.76%   81.70%   -0.07%     
  Complexity        562      562              
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  Files             393      393              
  Lines           21516    21516              
  Branches         4804     4804              
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- Hits            17592    17579      -13     
- Misses           2929     2943      +14     
+ Partials          995      994       -1     

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