### CSI Volume health monitoring
 

- Kube-controller-manager: volume plugins can be restricted from contacting local and loopback addresses by setting `--volume-host-allow-local-loopback=false`, or from contacting specific CIDR ranges by setting `--volume-host-cidr-denylist` (for example, `--volume-host-cidr-denylist=127.0.0.1/28,feed::/16`) ([#91785](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91785),...

- Services with "internalTrafficPolicy: Local" now behave more like
  "externalTrafficPolicy: Local". Also, "internalTrafficPolicy: Local,
  externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster" is now implemented correctly. ([#106497](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106497), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))

- Fixes kubelet crash in client certificate rotation cases ([#88079](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88079), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth and Node]
- Get-kube.sh uses the gcloud's current local GCP service account for auth when the provider is GCE or GKE instead of the metadata server default ([#88383](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88383), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

Durable Local Storage Management is Now GA ([#121](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/121#issuecomment-457396290))

- Makes locally attached (non-network attached) storage available as a persistent volume source.
- Allows users to take advantage of the typically cheaper and improved performance of persistent local storage

The merged fix enforces validation against the proxying address for a Node. In some cases, the fix can break clients that depend on the `nodes/proxy` subresource, specifically if a kubelet advertises a localhost or link-local address to the Kubernetes control plane. Configuring an egress proxy for egress to the cluster network can also mitigate this vulnerability.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.0 - v1.25.3

The merged fix enforces validation against the proxying address for a Node. In some cases, the fix can break clients that depend on the `nodes/proxy` subresource, specifically if a kubelet advertises a localhost or link-local address to the Kubernetes control plane. Configuring an egress proxy for egress to the cluster network can also mitigate this vulnerability.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.0 - v1.25.3

#### Volume Plugins

   ([#123674](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123674), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))
- Fixed a regression in `kube-proxy` introduced in version `1.26.0+` to make externalIPs workwith externalTrafficPolicy: Local.
   ([#121919](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121919), [@uablrek](https://github.com/uablrek))
- Fixed a regression in migration of in-tree vSphere volumes to the CSI driver introduced in version `1.29.0`+.

  manager. ([#114095](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114095), [@aimuz](https://github.com/aimuz))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Added automatic download of the CNI binary in `local-up-cluster.sh`, facilitating local debugging. ([#120312](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120312), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi))