Release LTS 2.66.2

[jiasli]

According to IcM 666360108, a new LTS 2.66.2 should be released.

PRs that need to be backported to dev-lts-2.66 branch:

CVE:

• CVE-2025-4517 (Critical severity)
  • fixed by [Packaging] Bump embedded Python to 3.13.7 #31928
  • backported by [LTS] Backport #31928: Bump embedded Python to 3.13.7 #32350
• CVE-2025-24049 (High severity)
  • fixed by {core} Fixed generic update issue. #30703
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #30703: Fix generic update issue #32038
• CVE-2024-13176 (Moderate severity), CVE-2024-9143 (Moderate severity)
  • fixed by {Packaging} Bump embedded Python to 3.12.10 #31503
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31503: Bump embedded Python to 3.12.10 #32032
• CVE-2025-50181 (Moderate severity), CVE-2025-50182 (Moderate severity)
  • fixed by {Packaging} Bump urllib3 to 2.5.0 #31669
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31669: Bump urllib3 to 2.5.0 #32076
• CVE-2024-47081 (Moderate severity)
  • fixed by {Packaging} Bump requests to 2.32.4 #31708
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31708: Bump requests to 2.32.4 #32077

CI:

• {CI} Add exception in Credential Scanner #31124
• {CI} Use Ubuntu 24.04 on ARM agent #31158
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31158: Use Ubuntu 24.04 on ARM agent #32146
• {CI} Update Azure Pipelines to use Ubuntu 22.04 pools #30996
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #30996: Update Azure Pipelines to use Ubuntu 22.04 pools #32057
• {CI} Update SBOM task conditions to trigger on release branches only #32008
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #32008: Update SBOM task conditions to trigger on release branches only #32034
• {Packaging} Bump packaging to 25.0 #32052
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #32052: Bump packaging to 25.0 #32040
• Pin setuptools to 70.0.0 azure-cli-dev-tools#524
  • backported by {LTS} Pin setuptools to 70.0.0 #32051
• {CI} Increase TestExtensionsLoading timeout to 80 minutes #31170
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31170: Increase TestExtensionsLoading timeout to 80 minutes #32168
• {LTS} Skip homebrew task in LTS #32252
• [Packaging] Support Python 3.13 #31895
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31895: Support Python 3.13 #32349
• {Core} aaz: Wrap functools.partial in staticmethod() to remove FutureWarning #31973
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31973: Wrap functools.partial in staticmethod() to remove FutureWarning #32348
• {Packaging} Bump PyWin32 to 311 #31823
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31823: Bump PyWin32 to 311 #32347
• {LTS} Pin azdev to lts version #32346
  • {LTS} Backport #533: Upgrade agent to Ubuntu 2204 azure-cli-dev-tools#537
  • {LTS} Backport #536: Pin pip to 25.2 azure-cli-dev-tools#538
  • {LTS} Backport #524: Pin setuptools to 70.0.0 azure-cli-dev-tools#539
  • {LTS} Backport #510: Fix azdev scan test azure-cli-dev-tools#540
• {Packaging} Bump cffi to 1.17.1 #31822
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31822: Bump cffi to 1.17.1 #32345
• [Packaging] Bump Python to 3.12 on RHEL and CentOS Stream #31264
  • backported by [LTS] Backport #31264: Bump Python to 3.12 on RHEL and CentOS Stream #32464
• [Packaging] Drop Azure Linux (Mariner) 2.0 support #31533
  • backported by [LTS] Backport #31533: Drop Azure Linux (Mariner) 2.0 support #32463
• {Packaging} Bump msal to 1.33.0b1 and pymsalruntime to 0.18.1 #31563
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31563, #31617: Bump msal to 1.33.0b1 and pymsalruntime to 0.18.1, only install pymsalruntime on Windows #32460
• {Packaging} Only install pymsalruntime on Windows #31617
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #31563, #31617: Bump msal to 1.33.0b1 and pymsalruntime to 0.18.1, only install pymsalruntime on Windows #32460
• {Packaging} Bump paramiko to 3.5.0  #30284
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #30284: Bump paramiko to 3.5.0 #32459

Test failures:

• azext_storage_blob_preview extension fails in the LTS pipeline #32133
  • fixed by {Zones} Pin minCliCoreVersion to 2.72.0  azure-cli-extensions#9200
  • fixed by {CI} Skip TestExtensionsLoading job for lts branch #32237
• node has reached EOL on 2025-04-30 and is no longer supported #32054
  • fixed by {App Service} az functionapp create: Fix the functionapp unit tests #31416
  • backported by {App Service} az functionapp create: Fix the functionapp unit tests #32137
• python3.9 has reached EOL on 2025-10-31 and is no longer supported.
  • fixed by {App Service} Delete Failing Function App Test #32362
  • backported by {LTS} Backport #32362: Delete Failing Function App Test #32368

Other:

• {LTS} Add history notes for 2.66.1 #32033

[yonzhan]

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