- Kubeadm: fix a bug where file copy(backup) could not be executed correctly on Windows platform during upgrade ([#117861](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117861), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference: [v0.20.1 → v0.20.2](https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference/compare/v0.20.1...v0.20.2)
- github.com/go-task/slim-sprig: [348f09d → 52ccab3](https://github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/compare/348f09d...52ccab3)
- github.com/gofrs/uuid: [v4.0.0+incompatible → v4.4.0+incompatible](https://github.com/gofrs/uuid/compare/v4.0.0...v4.4.0)

  2. Pass runtimeHandler field in RemoveImage() call to container runtime in kubelet's image garbage collection ([#121456](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121456), [@kiashok](https://github.com/kiashok)) [SIG Node and Windows]
- Adds `apiextensions_apiserver_update_ratcheting_time` metric for tracking time taken during requests by feature `CRDValidationRatcheting` ([#12146

  - kubelet v1.28.1
  - kubelet v1.27.5
  - kubelet v1.26.8
  - kubelet v1.25.13
  - kubelet v1.24.17

This vulnerability was discovered by James Sturtevant @jsturtevant and Mark Rossetti @marosset during the process of fixing CVE-2023-3676 (that original CVE was reported by Tomer Peled @tomerpeled92)