Update org.springframework.boot:spring-boot to version 2.7.18 (#1998)

Author: asf-rm

log4j-parent/pom.xml

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
     <!-- Last version before a breaking change -->
     <slf4j-ext.version>1.7.25</slf4j-ext.version>
-    <spring-boot.version>2.7.17</spring-boot.version>
+    <spring-boot.version>2.7.18</spring-boot.version>
     <spring-framework.version>5.3.31</spring-framework.version>
     <system-stubs.version>2.0.3</system-stubs.version>
     <tomcat-juli.version>10.0.27</tomcat-juli.version>

src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_springframework_boot_spring_boot.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.2.xsd"
+       type="changed">
+  <issue id="1998" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/1998"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.springframework.boot:spring-boot` to version `2.7.18`</description>
+</entry>

src/site/_release-notes/_2.x.x.adoc

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ This releases contains ...
 * Update `de.flapdoodle.reverse:de.flapdoodle.reverse` to version `1.7.2` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/1979[1979])
 * Update `github/codeql-action` to version `2.22.7` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/1975[1975])
 * Update `org.jctools:jctools-core` to version `4.0.2` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/1984[1984])
+* Update `org.springframework.boot:spring-boot` to version `2.7.18` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/1998[1998])
 
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