Mistral AI mistral-7b-v0.3 End of Life Date
Mistral AI mistral-7b-v0.3 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Mistral AI mistral-7b-v0.3 was released on May 22, 2024 and support ended on March 30, 2025 — a supported lifespan of 10 months, shorter than the 1 year and 2 months median for Mistral AI releases. It has been without security patches for 1 year and 5 months. 2 newer Mistral AI releases have shipped since.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| mistral-7b-v0.1 | mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1 | Mar 30, 2025 | EOL |
| mistral-medium | mistral-medium | Jun 16, 2025 | EOL |
| mixtral-8x7b | mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.1 | Mar 30, 2025 | EOL |
| mistral-small-2402 | mistral-small-2402 | Jun 16, 2025 | EOL |
| mistral-large-2402 | mistral-large-2402 | Jun 16, 2025 | EOL |
| mixtral-8x22b | mixtral-8x22b-instruct-v0.1 | Mar 30, 2025 | EOL |
| → mistral-7b-v0.3 | mistral-7b-instruct-v0.3 | Mar 30, 2025 | EOL |
| codestral-2405 | codestral-2405 | Jun 16, 2025 | EOL |
What does Mistral AI mistral-7b-v0.3 end of life mean?
When Mistral AI mistral-7b-v0.3 reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running Mistral AI mistral-7b-v0.3 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to a supported version or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.