- The default Bootstrap Token created with `kubeadm init` v1.8 expires
 and is deleted after 24 hours by default to limit the exposure of the
 valuable credential. You can create a new Bootstrap Token with
 `kubeadm token create` or make the default token permanently valid by specifying
 `--token-ttl 0` to `kubeadm init`. The default token can later be deleted with
 `kubeadm token delete`.

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using containers, init containers, and ephemeral containers with the envFrom field populated.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.29.0 - v1.29.3
  - kube-apiserver v1.28.0 - v1.28.8
  - kube-apiserver <= v1.27.12

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using containers, init containers, and ephemeral containers with the envFrom field populated.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.29.0 - v1.29.3
  - kube-apiserver v1.28.0 - v1.28.8
  - kube-apiserver <= v1.27.12

- Fixed regression in CPUManager that it will release exclusive CPUs in app containers inherited from init containers when the init containers were removed. ([#104837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104837), [@eggiter](https://github.com/eggiter))

`v1beta1.KubeletConfiguration`. The new patch target is called `kubeletconfiguration` (e.g. patch file `kubeletconfiguration+json.json`).This makes it possible to apply node specific KubeletConfiguration options during `init`, `join` and `upgrade`, while the main `KubeletConfiguration` that is passed to `init` as part of the `--config` file can still act as the global stored in the cluster `KubeletConfiguration`. ([#110405](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110405), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))...

- Added a new `--init-only` command line flag to `kube-proxy`. Setting the flag makes `kube-proxy` perform its initial configuration that requires privileged mode, and then exit. The `--init-only` mode is intended to be executed in a privileged init container, so that the main container may run with a stricter `securityContext`. ([#120864](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120864),...

used to tell kubeadm to wait for all control plane components to be ready when running "kubeadm init" or "kubeadm join --control-plane". Previously, kubeadm only waited for the kube-apiserver. The "kubeadm join" workflow now includes a new experimental phase called "wait-control-plane". This phase was marked as non-experimental when WaitForAllControlPlaneComponents became GA. Accordingly, a "kubeadm init" phase "wait-control-plane" was also available once WaitForAllControlPlaneComponents became GA....

- Kubeadm: added `show-join-command` as a new separate phase at the end of `kubeadm init`. You can skip printing the join information by using `kubeadm init --skip-phases=show-join-command`. Executing only this phase on demand will throw an error because the phase needs dependencies such as bootstrap tokens to be pre-populated. ([#111512](https://github.com/kubernetes...