Open source software is a reality of modern computing, and there really isn’t a space where it doesn’t touch at least some aspect of an IT stack. Even the most locked-down software will include libraries and utilities that rose from an open-source project built by well-meaning developers to solve everyday problems. 

The challenge is that while OSS provides numerous benefits, it also creates attack surfaces that organizations can’t control.

That reality came back into sharp focus with the recent disclosure of the MongoBleed vulnerability, which affects MongoDB deployments. While the technical details of MongoBleed are concerning in themselves, the broader issue is not specific to MongoDB. It is about the structural security and compliance challenges that arise when open-source software becomes mission-critical infrastructure.

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Recently, U.S. and allied cybersecurity agencies, including CISA, the NSA, and Canada’s Centre for Cyber Security, issued a series of alerts and analysis reports warning of ongoing malicious activity associated with a sophisticated backdoor malware known as Brickstorm. This malware, attributed to state-sponsored threat actors linked to China, has demonstrated the capability to maintain long-term, stealthy access and to evade detection within targeted networks, posing significant risks to the government and critical infrastructure sectors.

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When the Department of Defense released CMMC FAQs Revision 2.1 in November 2025, the update appeared modest on the surface. Four new questions were added without changing the CMMC model or the underlying regulatory framework in 32 CFR Part 170. For organizations already fatigued by years of CMMC evolution, it would be easy to dismiss these 

Importantly, each of these four additions resolves an ambiguity that many contractors had been relying on to narrow the scope, defer remediation, or justify architectural shortcuts. Collectively, they close several loopholes that organizations assumed would remain open until formal enforcement began. 

This article covers each of these new FAQs, the assumptions they invalidate, and how organizations should adjust their compliance strategies accordingly.

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