NPD v0.8.18 release

Changes: v0.8.17...v0.8.18

CHANGELOG

• Update release process by @wangzhen127 in #873
• Declare 'builder' image in two steps to allow overriding the value by @sgeannina in #886
• fix bug in skip_initial_status by @levaspb in #856
• Get Node object from APIServer cache by @linxiulei in #864
• Update BASEIMAGE to debian-base:bookworm-v1.0.2 by @hakman in #891
• Add support for CBL-Mariner and Azure Linux by @hbeberman in #890
• Update Go to v1.22.2 by @hakman in #894
• Update dependencies by @hakman, @github-actions in #875, #888, #889, #892, #895

Docker Image: registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.18

node-problem-detector-v0.8.18-linux_amd64.tar.gz:
SHA: e7f3ca919a476c6948d7b268df14a1c2ff1a419ec305f854f7593283a9134dd3
MD5: 8c886dca885664ed456b792896189a14

node-problem-detector-v0.8.18-linux_arm64.tar.gz:
SHA: 2a85eeb2faf299b1df633d9af29d1f808c2b2c8c9b8019c21b2e4b5c684120df
MD5: 99033e8116fb5942ce0a2be3eb055bba

node-problem-detector-v0.8.18-windows_amd64.tar.gz:
SHA: 120373494428f9d98e109fffd84f64a516be79cba834408e6d25f46653976b48
MD5: 705f293c3d91e36e160452756682d1a5