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The kubectl client secret CNCF wants you to stop distributing

A CNCF blog post argues that the 'confidential' OIDC client most on-prem clusters use for kubectl is a shared static credential in disguise, and that a public client with PKCE is the honest fit for a CLI that lives on every operator's laptop.

Sep 9, 2026 · Tomás Vega