- `io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.Status_v2` ([#110179](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110179), [@Jefftree](https://github.com/Jefftree))
- Panics while calling validating admission webhook are caught and honor the fail open or fail closed setting. ([#108746](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108746), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k)) [SIG API Machinery]

**Note**: This only impacts the cluster if the ServiceAccount admission plugin is used (most cluster should have this on by default as recommended in https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/admission-controllers/#serviceaccount), the `kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets` annotation is used by a service account (this annotation is not added by default), and Pods are using ephemeral containers.

**Note**: This only impacts the cluster if the ServiceAccount admission plugin is used (most cluster should have this on by default as recommended in https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/admission-controllers/#serviceaccount), the `kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets` annotation is used by a service account (this annotation is not added by default), and Pods are using ephemeral containers.