* [alpha] Make locally attached (non-network attached) storage available as a persistent volume source. For more information, see [Storage Volumes - local](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#local).

#### Volume Plugins

- Raw block volume support is promoted to beta, and enabled by default. This is accessible via the `volumeDevices` container field in pod specs, and the `volumeMode` field in persistent volume and persistent volume claims definitions. ([#71167](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71167), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

### Storage Capacity Tracking

### CVE-2023-5528: Insufficient input sanitization in in-tree storage plugin leads to privilege escalation on Windows nodes

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods and persistent volumes on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they are using an in-tree storage plugin for Windows nodes.

**Affected Versions**:

  - NetworkPolicy resources will no longer be served from `extensions/v1beta1` in v1.16. Migrate use to the `networking.k8s.io/v1` API, available since v1.8. Existing persisted data can be retrieved via the `networking.k8s.io/v1` API.

- There is a new pv_collector_total_pv_count metric that counts persistent volumes by the volume plugin name and volume mode. ([#95719](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95719), [@tsmetana](https://github.com/tsmetana)) [SIG Apps, Instrumentation, Storage and Testing]

- The PersistentVolume controller no longer automatically assigns a default `StorageClass` to Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs) with an empty `storageClassName`.
   ([#122704](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122704), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

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