Feature dependency checks

[TitusLabs]

change to version catalog and integrate dependency plugins
plus gradle and some dependency updates
add dependencyCheckAnalyze step (at the moment without failBuildOnCVSS)

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #1623 (dbb7f41) into master (61429e4) will decrease coverage by 0.03%.
Report is 4 commits behind head on master.
The diff coverage is n/a.

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see 5 files with indirect coverage changes

[EddeCCC]

Reviewed 13 of 18 files at r1, 9 of 9 files at r2, all commit messages.
Reviewable status: complete! all files reviewed, all discussions resolved (waiting on @TitusLabs)