- `ElasticIndexedJob` is graduated to GA. ([#125751](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125751), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g)) [SIG Apps and Testing]
- `pause`: Added a `-v` flag to the Windows variant of the pause binary, which
  prints the version of pause and exits. The Linux pause binary already has this flag. ([#125067](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125067), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

### Failing Test

- The pause image upgraded to `v3.4.1` in kubelet and kubeadm for both Linux and Windows. ([#98205](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98205), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

- Updated `kube-controller-manager` events to support contextual logging. ([#128351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128351), [@mengjiao-liu](https://github.com/mengjiao-liu))
- Updated pause version to `registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10.1`. ([#130713](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130713), [@ArkaSaha30](https://github.com/ArkaSaha30)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle, Node, Scheduling and Testing]

- Pause image contains "Architecture" in non-amd64 images ([#87954](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87954), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder)) [SIG Release]

* [fluentd-gcp addon] Update Stackdriver plugin to version 0.6.7 ([#52565](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52565), [@crassirostris](https://github.com/crassirostris))
* Fixes an issue with RBAC reconciliation that could cause duplicated subjects in some bootstrapped rolebindings on each restart of the API server. ([#53239](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53239), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

  - [Changelog since v1.23.10](#changelog-since-v12310)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information-1)
    - [CVE-2022-3172: Aggregated API server can cause clients to be redirected (SSRF)](#cve-2022-3172-aggregated-api-server-can-cause-clients-to-be-redirected-ssrf)
    - [CVE-2021-25749: <code>runAsNonRoot</code> logic bypass for Windows containers](#cve-2021-25749-runasnonroot-logic-bypass-for-windows-containers)

- Kubeadm: Fixes a kubeadm upgrade bug that could cause a custom CoreDNS configuration to be replaced with the default. ([#97016](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97016), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Dependencies

* Resolves bottleneck in internal API server communication that can cause increased goroutines and degrade API Server performance ([#80465](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80465), [@answer1991](https://github.com/answer1991))

- Fixed a data race in kubelet image manager that can cause static pod workers to silently stop working. ([#88915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88915), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG Node]

  - [Changelog since v1.22.13](#changelog-since-v12213)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information-1)
    - [CVE-2022-3172: Aggregated API server can cause clients to be redirected (SSRF)](#cve-2022-3172-aggregated-api-server-can-cause-clients-to-be-redirected-ssrf)
    - [CVE-2021-25749: <code>runAsNonRoot</code> logic bypass for Windows containers](#cve-2021-25749-runasnonroot-logic-bypass-for-windows-containers)