[release-4.18] OCPBUGS-60222: CVO protects /metrics with authorization

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This is an automated cherry-pick of #1222

/assign hongkailiu

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60168 has been cloned as Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60222. Will retitle bug to link to clone.
/retitle [release-4.18] OCPBUGS-60222: CVO protects /metrics with authorization

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This is an automated cherry-pick of #1222

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60222, which is invalid:

• expected dependent Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60168 to be in one of the following states: VERIFIED, RELEASE PENDING, CLOSED (ERRATA), CLOSED (CURRENT RELEASE), CLOSED (DONE), CLOSED (DONE-ERRATA), but it is MODIFIED instead

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This is an automated cherry-pick of #1222

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/lgtm

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/lgtm
/label backport-risk-assessed

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@hongkailiu: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60222, which is valid. The bug has been moved to the POST state.

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• bug is open, matching expected state (open)
• bug target version (4.18.z) matches configured target version for branch (4.18.z)
• bug is in the state New, which is one of the valid states (NEW, ASSIGNED, POST)
• release note type set to "Release Note Not Required"
• dependent bug Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60168 is in the state Verified, which is one of the valid states (VERIFIED, RELEASE PENDING, CLOSED (ERRATA), CLOSED (CURRENT RELEASE), CLOSED (DONE), CLOSED (DONE-ERRATA))
• dependent Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60168 targets the "4.19.z" version, which is one of the valid target versions: 4.19.0, 4.19.z
• bug has dependents

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60222: All pull requests linked via external trackers have merged:

• openshift/cluster-version-operator#1223

Jira Issue OCPBUGS-60222 has been moved to the MODIFIED state.

In response to this:

This is an automated cherry-pick of #1222

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[ART PR BUILD NOTIFIER]

Distgit: cluster-version-operator
This PR has been included in build cluster-version-operator-container-v4.18.0-202508081304.p0.g78df707.assembly.stream.el9.
All builds following this will include this PR.

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Fix included in accepted release 4.18.0-0.nightly-2025-08-11-214738