*   The admission webhook configurations API, part of the admissionregistration API, is now at v1beta1. Delete any existing webhook configurations before you upgrade, and update your configuration files to use the latest API. For this and the previous change, see also [the documentation](https://k...

command line, but defaults to the more secure "Webhook" mode if you load config from a file. ([#59666](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59666), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

* [GCP kube-up.sh] Variables that were part of kube-env that were only used for kubelet flags are no longer being set, and are being replaced by the more portable mechanism of the kubelet configuration file. The individual variables in the kube-env metadata entry were never meant to be a stable...

- Graduated the `CSINodeExpandSecret` feature to Beta. This feature facilitates passing secrets to CSI driver as part of Node Expansion CSI operation. ([#115621](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115621), [@humblec](https://github.com/humblec))

* remove time waiting after create storage account (save 25s) ([#56679](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56679), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Add pvc as part of equivalence hash ([#56577](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56577), [@resouer](https://github.com/resouer))

  - Some kubeadm commands are now allowed to work in a completely offline mode.
- Certificate handling improvements:
  - Renew certs as part of upgrade.
  - New `kubeadm alpha phase certs renew` command for renewing certificates.
  - Certificates created with kubeadm now have improved uniqueness of Distinguished Name fields.
- HA improvements:

## Urgent Upgrade Notes
### (No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)
#### Cluster Lifecycle
- Kubeadm: add a new `kubelet-finalize` phase as part of the `init` workflow and an experimental sub-phase to enable automatic kubelet client certificate rotation on primary control-plane nodes.

- Supported specifying a custom retry period for cloud `load-balancer` operations. ([#94021](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94021), [@timoreimann](https://github.com/timoreimann))
- The "value" part in the `wait --for=jsonpath='{expression}'[=value]` is now
  optional. If the value is not provided i.e., the command looks like `wait --for=jsonpath='{expression}'`

**No binaries have been produced or will be provided for `v1.18.0-alpha.4`.**

The changelog for `v1.18.0-alpha.4` is included as part of the [changelog since v1.18.0-alpha.3][#changelog-since-v1180-alpha3] section.

# v1.18.0-alpha.3

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

## Downloads for v1.18.0-alpha.3

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- In order to enable dual-stack support within kubeadm and kubernetes components, as part of the init config file, the user should set feature-gate `IPv6DualStack=true` in the ClusterConfiguration. Additionally, for each worker node, the user should set the feature-gate for kubelet using either `nodeRegistration.kubeletExtraArgs` or `KUBELET_EXTRA_ARGS`....

**Fixed Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.4
  - kube-apiserver v1.24.8
  - kube-apiserver v1.23.14
  - kube-apiserver v1.22.16

This vulnerability was reported by Richard Turnbull of NCC Group as part of the Kubernetes Audit


**CVSS Rating:** Medium (6.5) [CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)