ISM-1692 · September 2026
Mitigating known vulnerabilities
Guidelines for system management / System maintenance / Mitigating known vulnerabilities
Official control wording
Patches, updates or other vendor mitigations for vulnerabilities in office productivity suites, web browsers and their extensions, email clients, PDF applications, and security products are applied within 48 hours of release when vulnerabilities are assessed as critical by vendors or when working exploits exist.
Applicability
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ASD Essential Eight applicability: ML3. A profile marking does not establish maturity attainment.
Implementation guidance
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Official source
ASD’s ISM OSCAL v2026.09.4 · Original catalogue JSON · Pinned checksums and edition details
Control source identifier: ism-1692. Check the official release before relying on this snapshot for an assessment.
Official control wording and applicability: Australian Signals Directorate, © Commonwealth of Australia 2026. September 2026 ISM, OSCAL v2026.09.4, reproduced under CC BY 4.0. Formatting is adapted for this website.
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