- [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [CVE-2023-3676: Insufficient input sanitization on Windows nodes leads to privilege escalation](#cve-2023-3676-insufficient-input-sanitization-on-windows-nodes-leads-to-privilege-escalation)
    - [CVE-2023-3955: Insufficient input sanitization on Windows nodes leads to privilege escalation](#cve-2023-3955-insufficient-input-sanitization-on-windows-nodes-leads-to-privilege-escalation)

* vSphere cloud provider: vSphere cloud provider code refactoring ([#49164](https://github.com/kubernetes/kub...

    public static final int ERROR_SUCCESS = 0x00000000;
    /** Invalid parameter was passed to the operation */
    public static final int ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER = 0x00000057;
    /** Buffer provided is insufficient */
    public static final int ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER = 0x0000007A;
    /** Operation is not supported */
    public static final int ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED = 0x00000032;
    /** Access denied to perform the operation */

Node.  There is an open PR ([#48189](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48189)) to resolve this issue, but as this issue also exists in 1.6, and as we do not wish to risk release stability by merging it directly prior to a release without sufficient testing, we have decided to defer merging the PR until the next point release for each minor version ([#48190](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48190)).

* Protobuf serialization does not distinguish between `[]` and `null`....

            });
        }

        @Test
        @DisplayName("Should handle insufficient buffer length")
        void testInsufficientBufferLength() {
            FileFsSizeInformation info = new FileFsSizeInformation();
            byte[] buffer = new byte[10]; // Too small

            // Should throw ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException for insufficient buffer
            assertThrows(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> {

 * It implements the {@link Sitemap} interface.
 *
 * <p>
 * A Sitemap file provides search engines with a list of URLs available for crawling.
 * This class encapsulates the essential attributes of a Sitemap entry, allowing for efficient management
 * and processing of Sitemap data.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * The {@code loc} attribute specifies the URL of the Sitemap, while the {@code lastmod} attribute

     * The DOS file attributes to filter on.
     */
    protected int attributes;

    /**
     * Creates a DOS file filter with the specified wildcard and attributes.
     * This filter can be considerably more efficient than other file filters
     * as the specified wildcard and attributes are passed to the server for
     * filtering there (although attributes are largely ignored by servers

     */
    protected String wildcard;

    /**
     * The DOS file attributes to filter on.
     */
    protected int attributes;

    /**
     * This filter can be considerably more efficient than other file filters
     * as the specified wildcard and attributes are passed to the server for
     * filtering there (although attributes are largely ignored by servers

            // Act & Assert
            assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> resp.readBytesWireFormat(null, 0));
        }

        @Test
        @DisplayName("Insufficient buffer causes ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException")
        void shortBuffer_throwsAIOOBE() {
            // Arrange: length 1 means readInt2 will access index 1 and fail
            byte[] buffer = new byte[1];

    return new LinkedHashMultiset<>(distinctElements);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new {@code LinkedHashMultiset} containing the specified elements.
   *
   * <p>This implementation is highly efficient when {@code elements} is itself a {@link Multiset}.
   *
   * @param elements the elements that the multiset should contain
   */
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> LinkedHashMultiset<E> create(