Application Integrity

V10.3.1

Verify that if the application has a client or server auto-update feature, updates should be obtained over secure channels and digitally signed. The update code must validate the digital signature of the update before installing or executing the update.

Level 1 required: True

Level 2 required: True

Level 3 required: True

CWE: 16

V10.3.2

Verify that the application employs integrity protections, such as code signing or subresource integrity. The application must not load or execute code from untrusted sources, such as loading includes, modules, plugins, code, or libraries from untrusted sources or the Internet.

Level 1 required: True

Level 2 required: True

Level 3 required: True

CWE: 353

V10.3.3

Verify that the application has protection from subdomain takeovers if the application relies upon DNS entries or DNS subdomains, such as expired domain names, out of date DNS pointers or CNAMEs, expired projects at public source code repos, or transient cloud APIs, serverless functions, or storage buckets (autogen-bucket-id.cloud.example.com) or similar. Protections can include ensuring that DNS names used by applications are regularly checked for expiry or change.

Level 1 required: True

Level 2 required: True

Level 3 required: True

CWE: 350

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