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:

1.34.12-gke.1011000

The following sections describe changes in this patch version when compared with the previous patch version, 1.34.11-gke.1209000. For information about upstream Kubernetes changes, see the Kubernetes v1.34.12 changelog.

Kubernetes Updates

k8s-api

Updated k8s-api cohort from version 1.34.11-gke.300 to 1.34.12-gke.200.

  • Bug Fixes:
    • Restored only the .spec section from ControllerRevision for StatefulSet objects.
    • Resolved issues in Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA), including an integer overflow in per-claim device-limit checks and ensuring devices are reset before processing gRPC responses.
    • Fixed backslash escaping for Windows paths.
    • Prevented node-specific kubelet configuration from leaking into the ConfigMap.
  • Security Fixes:
    • Fixed a vulnerability in the StatefulSet controller (CVE-2026-2270) that could allow cross-namespace pod creation via a confused deputy attack by ensuring only the spec is restored from ControllerRevision.
    • Addressed a vulnerability in Windows subPath resolution where UNC symlink targets could be exploited to force NTLM authentication (MITRE ATT&CK T1187) by ensuring such targets are refused.
  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the core Kubernetes version to v1.34.12.

Component Updates

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

filestorecsi

Updated filestorecsi component from version 1.34.31 to 1.34.32.

  • Security Fixes:
  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the Go runtime to version 1.27.1 and updated container base images.

gcp-controller-manager-combined

Updated gcp-controller-manager-combined component from version 34.0.24 to 34.0.25.

gcsfusecsi

Updated gcsfusecsi component from version 1.34.62 to 1.34.63.

  • Security Fixes:

gpu-device-plugin

Updated gpu-device-plugin component from version 1.34.11-gke.3 to 1.34.11-gke.6.

nodelocaldns

Updated nodelocaldns component from version 34.1.7 to 34.1.8.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated container images: k8s-dns-node-cache to 1.26.7-gke.29, gke-metrics-collector to 20260916_2300_RC0, and node_token_broker/init to gke_node_token_broker_init_20260917.00_p0.

pdcsi

Updated pdcsi component from version 1.34.74 to 1.34.76.

  • Security Fixes:
  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated OpenTelemetry gRPC instrumentation to use NewServerHandler in place of the deprecated UnaryServerInterceptor.

tpu-device-plugin

Updated tpu-device-plugin component from version 1.34.17-gke.7 to 1.34.17-gke.8.

  • Security Fixes:

1.34.11-gke.1209000

The following sections describe changes in this patch version when compared with the previous patch version, 1.34.11-gke.1102000. 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.

filestorecsi

Updated filestorecsi component from version 1.34.30 to 1.34.31.

gcsfusecsi

Updated gcsfusecsi component from version 1.34.60 to 1.34.62.

  • Security Fixes:

gvisor

Updated gvisor component from version 1.34.11 to 1.34.14.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the gke-distroless/static container base image.
    • Updated the node token broker initialization container image.

managed-opentelemetry

Updated managed-opentelemetry component from version 1.34.2-gke.0 to 1.34.2-gke.1.

  • Security Fixes:
    • Upgraded otelcol-custom to 0.153.0-gke.5 to remediate golang.org/x/crypto CVEs.

osimage

Updated osimage component from version 1.34.197 to 1.34.209.

pdcsi

Updated pdcsi component from version 1.34.71 to 1.34.74.

workloadautoscaler

Updated workloadautoscaler component from version 17.7.0 to 17.10.0.

  • Bug Fixes:
    • Updated Vertical Pod Autoscaler components (including the admission-controller, recommender, and updater) to version 0.25.0-gke.14.

1.34.11-gke.1102000

The following sections describe changes in this patch version when compared with the previous patch version, 1.34.11-gke.1056000. For information about upstream Kubernetes changes, see the Kubernetes v1.34.11 changelog.

Kubernetes Updates

k8s-api

Updated k8s-api cohort from version 1.34.11-gke.100 to 1.34.11-gke.300.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the Go runtime to v1.27.1 and updated container base images (setcap and go-runner) for kube-apiserver and kube-proxy.

Component Updates

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

gcsfusecsi

Updated gcsfusecsi component from version 1.34.59 to 1.34.60.

  • Security Fixes:

networkpolicy-antrea

Updated networkpolicy-antrea component from version 0.5.10 to 0.5.11.

  • Miscellaneous:
    • Updated the Antrea container image to v1.4.0-gke.73 and updated the Go runtime and base distroless image.

1.34.11-gke.1056000

The following sections describe changes in this patch version when compared with the previous patch version, 1.34.11-gke.1044000. 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.

envoy

Updated envoy component from version 1.0.21 to 1.0.22.

  • Security Fixes:
    • Updated kcp_envoy image to include TCP connection pool pointer validation security fix.

managed-prometheus

Updated managed-prometheus component from version 0.17.5-gke.5 to 0.17.6-gke.0.

  • Security Fixes:
    • Resolved vulnerabilities in component dependencies and updated container images.

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.