DASF-R-5.4 — Malicious libraries
Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 26. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.
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Risk mechanism
Attackers can upload malicious libraries to public repositories that have the potential to compromise systems, data and models. Administrators should manage and restrict the installation and usage of third-party libraries, safeguarding systems, pipelines and data. This risk may also manifest in 2.2 Data Prep in exploratory data analysis (EDA).
Applicability
Predictive ML Models · Pre-trained LLMs
Blank source cells remain null (unspecified); a source “No” means this default filter omits the risk; it does not establish absence in your architecture. Combine every deployment pattern in the system.
Impacts described by the source
AI system:
• Supply Chain Attack • Cyber Security Incident • Loss of AI System Availability • Regulatory Non-compliance
Business:
• Financial Loss • Legal Fines • Response Costs • Customer Retention • Regulatory Fines and Judgement
Controls
- DASF-53 — Third-party library control
Source control guidance
• DASF 53: Third-party library control to limit the potential for malicious third-party libraries and code to be used on mission-critical workloads
Investigate and verify
Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-5.4. It returns the mechanism above, control-specific evidence requests, proposed tests and remediation acceptance criteria. Until evidence is supplied, the result is unverified. Use the finding template to record a concrete observation and residual risk.
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 | AML.T0017.000 Adversarial ML Attacks |
| MITRE ATTACK as of Q3 2024 | no mapping |
| OWASP LLM Top 10 2025 | no mapping |
| OWASP ML Top 10 v0.3 | no mapping |
| OWASP Agentic AI – Threats and Mitigations | no mapping |
| NIST - 800- 53 - Rev 5 | SR-3:Supply Chain Controls and Processes, <br>CM-2:Baseline Configuration, <br>CM-10:Software Usage Restrictions, <br>SI-3:Malicious Code Protection, <br>SI-4:System Monitoring |
| NIST 800-53 Controls Mapping Rationale | Controls managing software integrity, preventing introduction of malicious libraries in ML processes. |
| HITRUST | Supply chain attacks -> Compromised 3rd-party models or code |
| ENISA’s Securing ML Algorithms | Check the vulnerabilities of the components used so that they have an appropriate security level.<br>Ensure ML projects follow the global process for integrating security into projects. |
| ISO 42001:2023 Controls Objectives and Controls (Annex A) | A.4.4 Tooling resources<br>A.6.2.3 Documentation of AI system design and development |
| ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Control Reference (Annex A) | A.8.25 Secure development life cycle |
| EU AI Act | Article 15.5: Accuracy, Robustness and Cybersecurity |
| CSA MCP Security | (blank in source) |
| OWASP MCP TOP 10 | (blank in source) |