- Addressed an issue where a JWT authenticator set up via `--authentication-config` would encounter failures in verifying tokens not signed with RS256. ([#123282](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123282), [@enj](https://github.com/enj))

- Kubeadm: during execution of the "check expiration" command, treat the etcd CA as external if there is a missing etcd CA key file (etcd/ca.key) and perform the proper validation on certificates signed by the etcd CA. Additionally, make sure that the CA for all entries in the output table is included - for both certificates on disk and in kubeconfig files. ([#106923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106923), [@neolit123](https://gi...

- Kubeadm: during execution of the "check expiration" command, treat the etcd CA as external if there is a missing etcd CA key file (etcd/ca.key) and perform the proper validation on certificates signed by the etcd CA. Additionally, make sure that the CA for all entries in the output table is included - for both certificates on disk and in kubeconfig files. ([#106925](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106925), [@neolit123](https://gi...

- Kubeadm: during 'upgrade apply', if the kube-proxy ConfigMap is missing, assume that kube-proxy...

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- kube-controller-manager currently needs a writable `--cert-dir` (default is `/var/run/kubernetes`) for generating self-signed certificates, when no `--tls-cert-file` or `--tls-private-key-file` are provided.

  - The requested name does not match the set of authorized names (x509.HostnameError)
  - The error surfaced after attempting a connection contains one of the substrings: "certificate is not trusted" or "certificate signed by unknown authority" ([#120767](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120767), [@MadhavJivrajani](https://github.com/MadhavJivrajani)) [SIG Architecture and Cloud Provider]

- Kubeadm: during execution of the "check expiration" command, treat the etcd CA as external if there is a missing etcd CA key file (etcd/ca.key) and perform the proper validation on certificates signed by the etcd CA. Additionally, make sure that the CA for all entries in the output table is included - for both certificates on disk and in kubeconfig files. ([#106926](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106926), [@neolit123](https://gi...

  - The requested name does not match the set of authorized names (x509.HostnameError)
  - The error surfaced after attempting a connection contains one of the substrings: "certificate is not trusted" or "certificate signed by unknown authority" ([#120765](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120765), [@MadhavJivrajani](https://github.com/MadhavJivrajani)) [SIG Architecture and Cloud Provider]

  - The requested name does not match the set of authorized names (x509.HostnameError)
  - The error surfaced after attempting a connection contains one of the substrings: "certificate is not trusted" or "certificate signed by unknown authority" ([#120766](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120766), [@MadhavJivrajani](https://github.com/MadhavJivrajani)) [SIG Architecture and Cloud Provider]