- The Pod API field `.spec.schedulingGates[*].name` now requires qualified names (like `example.com/mygate`), matching validation for names of `.spec.readinessGates[*].name`. Any uses of the alpha scheduling gate feature prior to 1.27 that do not match that validation must be renamed or deleted before upgrading to 1.27. ([#115821](https://github.com/kuber...

- Kubeadm: perform pre-flight validation on host/node name upon `kubeadm init` and `kubeadm join`, showing warnings on non-compliant names ([#99194](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99194), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

  name of controllers that can be turned on/off that are passed to the `--controllers`
  flag (e.g., `pod-garbage-collector-controller`). The old names (eg `podgc`) are
  also accepted and aliased to the new names. ([#115813](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115813), [@atiratree](https://github.com/atiratree))
- `kubeadm`: Introduced a new feature gate `UpgradeAddonsBeforeControlPlane` to

* GCE: Fixes ILB sync on legacy networks and auto networks with unique subnet names ([#53410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53410), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

- Fixes an issue where the vsphere cloud provider will not trust a certificate if:
  - The issuer of the certificate is unknown (x509.UnknownAuthorityError)
  - The requested name does not match the set of authorized names (x509.HostnameError)

  - kubelet <= v1.24.16

**Fixed Versions**:
  - 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)

- Shell completion now knows to continue suggesting resource names when the command supports it.  For example `kubectl get pod pod1 <TAB>` will suggest more Pod names. ([#105711](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105711), [@marckhouzam](https://github.com/marckhouzam))

`apiserver_webhooks_x509_missing_san_total`. This metric measures a number of connections to webhooks/aggregated API servers that use certificates without Subject Alternative Names. It being non-zero is a warning sign that these connections will stop functioning in the future since Golang is going to deprecate x509 certificate subject Common Names for server hostname verification. ([#95396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95396), [@stlaz](https://github.com/stlaz)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and...

- Fixes an issue where the vsphere cloud provider will not trust a certificate if:
  - The issuer of the certificate is unknown (x509.UnknownAuthorityError)
  - The requested name does not match the set of authorized names (x509.HostnameError)

- Fixed an issue where the `vsphere` cloud provider would not trust a certificate if:
  - The issuer of the certificate was unknown (`x509.UnknownAuthorityError`)
  - The requested name did not match the set of authorized names (`x509.HostnameError`)