Backport of Add limit to JSON nesting depth into release/1.20.x

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Backport

This PR is auto-generated from #31069 to be assessed for backporting due to the inclusion of the label backport/1.20.x.

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Description

Add limit to JSON nesting depth

TODO only if you're a HashiCorp employee

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