chore: upgrade GitHub runners to version ubuntu-24.04

[mrekucci]

Also updates Node.js to version v18.20 to resolve the following issue that occurred with version v18.16.1 (causing the infrastructure CI check to fail):

Error: 
script failed: revert: Failed to run upgrade safety validation: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js:48
    throw err
    ^

TypeError: Class extends value #<Object> is not a constructor or null
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/tar/lib/read-entry.js:97:4)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/tar/lib/pack.js:27:19)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)

Node.js v18.16.1