GKE 1.34 changelog

This document lists the changes for the patch versions of the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) 1.34 minor version.

These changelogs are supplementary information about the updates to specific GKE system components. For information about features, changes, and security issues in GKE, see the following documents:

1.34.11-gke.1044000

The following sections describe changes in this patch version when compared with the previous patch version, 1.34.10-gke.1328000. For information about upstream Kubernetes changes, see the Kubernetes v1.34.11 changelog.

Component Updates

The following sections provide information about updates to specific GKE system components in this patch version.

advanceddatapath

Updated advanceddatapath component from version 34.8.43 to 34.8.44.

  • Security Fixes:
    • Updated golang.org/x/net to resolve GO-2026-5942.
    • Updated golang.org/x/text to resolve GO-2026-5970.
    • Updated Debian Bookworm and Bullseye base images to include the latest security patches.

kube-addon-manager

Updated kube-addon-manager component from version 31.0.21 to 31.0.22.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the gke-distroless/bash container image to version gke_distroless_20260815.00_p0.

networkpolicy-antrea

Updated networkpolicy-antrea component from version 0.5.9 to 0.5.10.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated cluster-proportional-autoscaler to v1.10.2-gke.54.

networkpolicy-calico

Updated networkpolicy-calico component from version 4.34.9 to 4.34.10.

  • Security Fixes:
    • Fixed CVE-2026-39822 in calico/node by updating the Go build version to 1.25.12.
    • Updated golang.org/x/crypto to v0.52.0 in calico/node to remediate security vulnerabilities.

tpu-device-plugin

Updated tpu-device-plugin component from version 1.34.17-gke.6 to 1.34.17-gke.7.

  • Security Fixes:
    • Updated google.golang.org/grpc to v1.82.1 to resolve GO-2026-6061.

1.34.10-gke.1328000

The following sections describe changes in this patch version when compared with the previous patch version, 1.34.10-gke.1236000. For information about upstream Kubernetes changes, see the Kubernetes v1.34.10 changelog.

Component Updates

The following sections provide information about updates to specific GKE system components in this patch version.

accelerator-operator

Updated accelerator-operator component from version 1.34.10 to 1.34.11.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the accelerator-operator container image to version v1.34.5-gke.13.

customer-logs-exporter

Updated customer-logs-exporter component from version 1.34.0-gke.8 to 1.34.0-gke.9.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the bash base image used by the component.

gcsfusecsi

Updated gcsfusecsi component from version 1.34.58 to 1.34.59.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the Go runtime to version 1.25.14 and updated base images for the Google Cloud Storage Fuse CSI driver, node- driver-registrar, sidecar mounter, webhook, and metadata prefetcher.

osimage

Updated osimage component from version 1.34.181 to 1.34.197.