- Static pods that reference API objects were denied admission by the kubelet so that static pods would not be silently running even after the mirror pod creation failed. ([#131837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131837), [@sreeram-venkitesh](https://github.com/sreeram-venkitesh)) [SIG...

* `kubectl certificate approve|deny` will not modify an already approved or denied CSR unless the `--force` flag is provided. ([#61971](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61971), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))

- Fixed file permission issues that happened during update of `Secret`/`ConfigMap`/`projected volume` when `fsGroup` is used. The problem caused a race condition where application gets intermittent permission denied error when reading files that were just updated, before the correct permissions were applied. ([#114464](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114464), [@tsaarni](https://github.com/tsaarni))

*   A new controller automatically cleans up Certificate Signing Requests that are Approved and Issued, or Denied. ([#51840](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51840),[ @jcbsmpsn](https://github.com/jcbsmpsn))

  
  The enforcement level that allowed or denied a Pod during PodSecurity admission is now marked by the `pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce-policy` annotation.
  

* Fix RBAC role for certificate controller to allow cleaning up of Certificate Signing Requests that are Approved and issued or Denied. ([#59375](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59375), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

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- Fixed file permission issues that happened during update of Secret/ConfigMap/projected volume when fsGroup is used. The problem caused a race condition where application gets intermittent permission denied error when reading files that were just updated, before the correct permissions were applied. ([#114728](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114728), [@furkatgofurov7](https://github.com/furkatgofurov7)) [SIG Storage]

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    - [Container Images](#container-images-4)
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  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
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