([#123611](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123611), [@ritazh](https://github.com/ritazh))

### RBAC
* The `attributeRestrictions` field has been removed from the PolicyRule type in the rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1 API. The field was not used by the RBAC authorizer. ([#39625](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39625), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- In the course of admitting a single request, the ValidatingAdmissionPolicy plugin will perform no more than one authorization check per unique authorizer expression. All evaluations of identical authorizer expressions will produce the same decision. ([#116443](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116443), [@benluddy](https://github.com/benluddy)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

## Changelog since v1.8.0-beta.1

### Action Required

* New GCE or GKE clusters created with `cluster/kube-up.sh` will not enable the legacy ABAC authorizer by default. If you would like to enable the legacy ABAC authorizer, export ENABLE_LEGACY_ABAC=true before running `cluster/kube-up.sh`. ([#51367](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/51367), [@cjcullen](https://github.com/cjcullen))

- Improves performance of the node authorizer ([#87696](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87696), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG Auth]

        * Nodes must use client credentials that place them in the `system:nodes` group with a username of `system:node:<nodeName>` in order to be authorized by the node authorizer (the credentials obtained by the kubelet...

* Add support for the webhook authorizer to make a Deny decision that short-circuits the union authorizer and immediately returns Deny.  ([#53273](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53273), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

* kube-up: increase download timeout for kubernetes.tar.gz ([#29426](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29426), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))
* Fix RBAC authorizer of ServiceAccount ([#29071](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29071), [@albatross0](https://github.com/albatross0))

- kube-apiserver: Promoted `AuthorizeWithSelectors` feature to beta, which includes field and label selector information from requests in webhook authorization calls. Promoted `AuthorizeNodeWithSelectors` feature to beta, which changes node authorizer behavior to limit requests from node API clients, so that each Node can only get / list / watch its own Node API object, and can also only get / list / watch Pod API objects bound to that node. Clients using kubelet credentials to read other nodes...

adds an alpha AuthorizeNodeWithSelectors feature that makes the node authorizer limit requests from node API clients to get / list / watch its own Node API object, and to get / list / watch its own Pod API objects. Clients using kubelet credentials to read other nodes or unrelated pods must change their authentication credentials (recommended), adjust their usage, or grant broader read access independent of the node authorizer. ([#125571](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125571), [@...