GKE on Bare Metal 1.28.300-gke.131 is now available for download

## Announcement ### Release 1.28.300-gke.131 GKE on Bare Metal 1.28.300-gke.131 is now available for [download](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/bare-metal/1.28/downloads). To upgrade, see [Upgrade clusters](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/bare-metal/1.28/how-to/upgrade). GKE on Bare Metal 1.28.300-gke.131 runs on Kubernetes 1.28. If you use a third-party storage vendor, check the [GDCV Ready storage partners](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/docs/resources/partner-storage) document to make sure the storage vendor has already passed the qualification for this release of GKE on Bare Metal. ## Change **Functionality changes:** * Updated preflight checks to add a check for networking kernel modules. * Updated preflight checks to remove the check for `iptables` package availability. * Increased the default memory limit for `node-exporter`. ## Fix **Fixes:** * Fixed an issue with configuring a proxy for your cluster that required you to manually set `HTTPS_PROXY` and `NO_PROXY` environment variables on the admin workstation. ## Fix The following container image security vulnerabilities have been fixed in 1.28.300-gke.131: * High-severity container vulnerabilities: * [CVE-2022-28948](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28948) * [CVE-2023-29499](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-29499) * Medium-severity container vulnerabilities: * [CVE-2023-3446](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3446) * [CVE-2023-3817](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3817) * [CVE-2023-32611](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32611) * [CVE-2023-32665](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32665) * [CVE-2023-49290](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-49290) * [CVE-2024-21664](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-21664) * [GHSA-2c7c-3mj9-8fqh](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2c7c-3mj9-8fqh) * Low-severity container vulnerabilities: * [CVE-2021-25743](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-25743) * [CVE-2023-2975](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2975) ## Issue **Known issues:** For information about the latest known issues, see [GKE on Bare Metal known issues](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/bare-metal/1.28/troubleshooting/known-issues) in the Troubleshooting section.