---
id: DASF-63
type: control
source_version: "3.0"
valid_as_of: 2026-10-22
---

# DASF-63 — Update software

Source: [official compendium, Databricks AI Mitigation Controls, row 65](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lD5nKC1QNoUTDXdMp31NA9eKcUYGjhtC34MCfQpqpGo/edit#gid=780486953&range=A65:AB65). Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 2.0.

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## Intent and implementation

Patch and update software regularly to address existing and potential vulnerabilities throughout the AI lifecycle. In Databricks, automatic cluster updates ensure that all clusters within a workspace receive the latest OS images and security patches periodically. Account administrators can customize the maintenance window frequency, start date, and time.

## Source metadata

- Category: Platform and System Security
- System component: Operations and Platform
- Databricks responsibility: Databricks — Out-of-the-box
- Product reference: Databricks Managed
- Feature/control: Feature
- Security Analysis Tool reference: Features available to implement control and manually verify
- Novelty: Traditional Control/Capability

Databricks responsibility labels do not establish who enforces this control on another platform. Name a local owner and verify it.

## Implementation references

- [AWS documentation](https://docs.databricks.com/en/admin/clusters/automatic-cluster-update.html)
- [AZURE documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/admin/clusters/automatic-cluster-update)
- [GCP documentation](https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/clusters/automatic-cluster-update)

## Risks linked by the risk table

- [DASF-R-12.1](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/12.1.md)
- [DASF-R-13.11](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.11.md)
- [DASF-R-13.21](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.21.md)
- [DASF-R-13.33](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.33.md)
- [DASF-R-13.35](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.35.md)

The control table separately reports: [DASF-R-12.1](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/12.1.md), [DASF-R-13.11](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.11.md), [DASF-R-13.21](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.21.md), [DASF-R-13.33](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.33.md), [DASF-R-13.35](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.35.md). See [source issues](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/source-issues.md) for differences.

## Verification

Project adaptation: **get_control** returns a concrete evidence request, a proposed test, and an acceptance condition. A control description or product feature is not evidence of deployment or effectiveness.

## Source-reported framework mappings

These are the mappings in this snapshot, with their original edition labels. They are references, not proof of conformity or independent validation.

| Framework | Source mapping |
|---|---|
| MITRE ATLAS as of Q3 2024 | no mapping |
| MITRE ATTACK as of Q3 2024 | M1051 Update Software |
| OWASP LLM Top 10 2025 | LLM05.3, 4, 9: Supply Chain Vulnerabilities |
| OWASP ML Top 10 v0.3 | ML06:2023 AI Supply Chain Attacks |
| ISO 42001:2023 Controls Objectives and Controls (Annex A) | no mapping |
| ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Control Reference (Annex A) | A.8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities |
| NIST - 800- 53 - Rev 5 | SI-2:Flaw Remediation, <br>CM-6:Configuration Settings, <br>MA-3:Maintenance Tools |
| HITRUST Security for AI Systems | no mapping |
| ENISA’s Securing ML Algorithms | Implement processes to maintain security levels of ML components over time.<br>Check the vulnerabilities of the components used so that they have an appropriate security level.<br>Ensure ML applications comply with protection policies and are integrated to security operations processes.<br>Ensure ML projects follow the global process for integrating security into projects. |
| EU AI ACT | no mapping |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | ID.RA-01<br>ID.AM-08<br>PR.PS-01<br>PR.PS-02<br>PR.PS-03 |
| AIUC-1 | B008: Protect model deployment environment |

## Related

- [Methodology](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/methodology.md)
- [Catalog](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/index.md)