🛡️ CVE-2021-4472 — python-mistralclient

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-73 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

OpenStack's Mistral Client has a local file inclusion vulnerability

The mistral-dashboard plugin for openstack has a local file inclusion vulnerability through the 'Create Workbook' feature that may result in disclosure of arbitrary local files content.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-4472 is classified as CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path. A caller can influence which file the application opens or writes, extending an operation to files that were never meant to be reachable.

Affected software

CVE-2021-4472 is recorded against 1 package.

  • python-mistralclient (fixed in 4.3.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 November 2025 and last revised on 7 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
access.redhat.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
opendev.org (Package)
review.opendev.org (Web)
review.opendev.org (Web)

CVE-2021-4472 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-73
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-11-26
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python-mistralclient — 4.3.0

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