The Mission Owner of the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) must remove all upgraded or replaced software and firmware components that are no longer required for operation.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259882	SRG-OS-000438-CLD-000055	SV-259882r958938_rule		Medium

Description

Adversaries may exploit previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed. Some information technology products may remove older versions of software from the information system automatically.

STIG	Date
Cloud Computing Mission Owner Operating System Security Requirements Guide	2024-12-19

Details

Check Text (C-63613r945632_chk)

If this is software as a service (SaaS), this is not a finding.

If the Mission Owner of the IaaS or PaaS has not removed all upgraded or replaced software and firmware components that are no longer required for operation, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63520r945633_fix)

This applies to all Impact Levels.
FedRAMP Moderate, High.

Remove all upgraded or replaced software and firmware components that are no longer required for operation from the IaaS/PaaS.