* Fix issue where masquerade rules are flushed in GCE k8s clusters. ([#56729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56729), [@dnardo](https://github.com/dnardo))
* kubelet: Fix bug where `runAsUser: MustRunAsNonRoot` strategy didn't reject a pod with a non-numeric `USER`. ([#56708](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56708), [@php-coder](https://github.com/php-coder))

- `Kubelet` no longer creates certain legacy iptables rules by default.
  It is possible that this will cause problems with some third-party components
  that improperly depended on those rules. If this affects you, you can run

- Reduced time taken to sync proxy rules on Windows kube-proxy with kernelspace mode ([#110702](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110702), [@daschott](https://github.com/daschott)) [SIG Network and Windows]

## Changelog since v1.26.8

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Fixed a bug where CEL expressions in CRD validation rules would incorrectly compute a high estimated cost for functions that return strings, lists or maps.

- The kube-proxy `sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total` metric has now reverted back
  to its pre-1.27 behavior of tracking the total number of iptables rules that
  kube-proxy is responsible for, rather than only counting the number of rules
  that it re-synced on the last sync. The new `sync_proxy_rules_iptables_last`

- [`KT-61039`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-61039) False positive ABSTRACT_MEMBER_NOT_IMPLEMENTED in K1 when expect actual super types scopes don't match
- [`KT-56408`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-56408) Inconsistent rules of CFA in class initialization block between K1 and K2
- [`KT-63580`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-63580) "AssertionError: access of const val: GET_FIELD" caused by const value and variable with delegation

- Reorganized iptables rules to reduce rules in `KUBE-SERVICES` and `KUBE-NODEPORTS`. ([#96959](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96959), [@tssurya](https://github.com/tssurya))

- Fix NodeAuthenticator tests in dualstack ([#104840](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104840), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG Auth and Testing]
- Fix: skip case sensitivity when checking Azure NSG rules
  fix: ensure InstanceShutdownByProviderID return false for creating Azure VMs ([#104447](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104447), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

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