Update go.opentelemetry.io/otel version to v1.40.0 to address CVE-2026-24051

[akankshapanse]

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What this PR does / why we need it:
This PR updates go.opentelemetry.io/otel version to v1.40.0 to address CVE-2026-24051. This changes also includes change in GO version as opentelemetry package requires GO version to be updated to minimum v1.24

Updated go.mod, go.sum and vendor files using following commands

# go get go.opentelemetry.io/otel@v1.40.0
# go mod tidy
# go mod vendor

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Update go.opentelemetry.io/otel version to v1.40.0 to address CVE-2026-24051

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[akankshapanse]

Test pull-kubernetes-csi-external-snapshotter-unit failed with below error , even when branch is rebased on latest changes from release-8.2 branch

### test-subtree:
./release-tools/verify-subtree.sh release-tools
Directory 'release-tools' contains non-upstream changes:

commit 8eb3005432252ea411c331e127eb643bfdfb1758
Author: Akanksha Panse <XXX>
Date:   Fri Feb 20 13:05:46 2026 +0530

    Update go.opentelemetry.io/otel version to v1.40.0 to address CVE-2026-24051
make: *** [release-tools/build.make:286: test-subtree] Error 1

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@akankshapanse: The following test failed, say /retest to rerun all failed tests or /retest-required to rerun all mandatory failed tests:

Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
pull-kubernetes-csi-external-snapshotter-unit	1bf1e38	link	true	/test pull-kubernetes-csi-external-snapshotter-unit

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