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.

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.

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.

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.