### **API Machinery**

*   The kube-apiserver `--etcd-quorum-read` flag is deprecated and the ability to switch off quorum read will be removed in a future release. ([#53795](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53795),[ @xiangpengzhao](https://github.com/xiangpengzhao))

  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-13)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-3)
    - [Feature](#feature-11)

#### [alpha] Federated Jobs

Federated Jobs that are automatically deployed to multiple clusters
are now supported. Cluster selection and weighting determine how Job
parallelism and completions are spread across clusters. Federated Job
status reflects the aggregate status across all underlying cluster
jobs.

#### [alpha] Federated Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA)

    - [Container Images](#container-images-9)
  - [Changelog since v1.27.0](#changelog-since-v1270)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-9)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-2)
    - [Feature](#feature-8)

  - The deprecated `--etcd-quorum-read` flag has been removed. Quorum reads are now always enabled when fetching data from etcd. Remove the `--etcd-quorum-read` flag from kube-apiserver invocations before upgrading.
- kube-controller-manager

 - Scheduler's CycleState now embeds internal read/write locking inside its `Read()` and `Write()` functions. Meanwhile, `Lock()` and `Unlock()` function are removed. Scheduler plugin developers are now required to remove `CycleState#Lock()` and `CycleState#Unlock()`. Just simply use `Read()` and `Write()` as they're natively thread-safe now. ([#101542](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101542), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))...

- Add `container_sockets`, `container_threads`, and `container_threads_max` metrics ([#81972](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81972), [@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole))

### CVE-2022-3162: Unauthorized read of Custom Resources

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users authorized to list or watch one type of namespaced custom resource cluster-wide can read custom resources of a different type in the same API group they are not authorized to read.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.0 - v1.25.3

### CVE-2022-3162: Unauthorized read of Custom Resources

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users authorized to list or watch one type of namespaced custom resource cluster-wide can read custom resources of a different type in the same API group they are not authorized to read.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.0 - v1.25.3

This release contains changes that address the following vulnerabilities:

### CVE-2022-3162: Unauthorized read of Custom Resources

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users authorized to list or watch one type of namespaced custom resource cluster-wide can read custom resources of a different type in the same API group they are not authorized to read.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.0 - v1.25.3