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.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4391 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4391-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                       Daniel Leidert     December 01, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : python-mistralclient     Version        : 1:4.1.1-2+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2021-4472


    A local file inclusion vulnerability has been discovered in python-     mistralclient, the OpenStack Workflow as a Service client, that may     result in disclosure of arbitrary local files content through the     'Create Workbook' feature.


    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     1:4.1.1-2+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your python-mistralclient packages.

    For the detailed security status of python-mistralclient please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-mistralclient

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4392 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4392-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                       Daniel Leidert     December 01, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : mistral-dashboard     Version        : 11.0.0-2+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2021-4472


    A local file inclusion vulnerability has been discovered in mistral-     dashboard, the OpenStack Workflow as a Service dashboard plugin, that     may result in disclosure of arbitrary local files content through the     'Create Workbook' feature.


    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     11.0.0-2+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your mistral-dashboard packages.

    For the detailed security status of mistral-dashboard please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mistral-dashboard

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
    signature.asc     Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-4472)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
277293	Debian dla-4391 : python3-mistralclient - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
277291	Debian dla-4392 : python3-mistral-dashboard - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
276974	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-4472	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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