- the `scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod` annotation is removed. Pod priority (`spec.priorityClassName`) should be used instead to mark pods as critical. ([#80342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80342), [@draveness](https://github.com/draveness))

There is no mitigation from this issue.  Cluster admins should take care to secure aggregated API servers and should not grant access to mutate `APIService`s to untrusted parties.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.0
  - kube-apiserver v1.24.0 - v1.24.4

## Changelog since v1.25.13

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- Mark Job onPodConditions as optional in pod failure policy ([#120211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120211), [@mimowo](https://github.com/mimowo)) [SIG API Machinery and Apps]

### Feature

There is no mitigation from this issue.  Cluster admins should take care to secure aggregated API servers and should not grant access to mutate `APIService`s to untrusted parties.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.0
  - kube-apiserver v1.24.0 - v1.24.4

**Fixed Versions**:
  - kubelet v1.28.1
  - kubelet v1.27.5
  - kubelet v1.26.8
  - kubelet v1.25.13
  - kubelet v1.24.17

This vulnerability was discovered by James Sturtevant @jsturtevant and Mark Rossetti @marosset during the process of fixing CVE-2023-3676 (that original CVE was reported by Tomer Peled @tomerpeled92)

## Changelog since v1.4.0-beta.1

### Other notable changes

* Fix a bug in kubelet hostport logic which flushes KUBE-MARK-MASQ iptables chain ([#32413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32413), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

* Support KUBE_MAX_PD_VOLS on Azure ([#41398](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41398), [@codablock](https://github.com/codablock))
* Mark multi-scheduler graduation to beta and then v1. ([#38871](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38871), [@k82cn](https://github.com/k82cn))

- kubectl supports copying files with wild card ([#72641](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72641), [@dixudx](https://github.com/dixudx))

	* Prints out status updates when running `kubefed init` ([#41849](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41849), [@perotinus](https://github.com/perotinus))