Cisco IOS XE end of life dates
The support dates the endoflife.date record (community-maintained) holds for Cisco IOS XE, read on 30 Sep 2026: when security support ends for each version (cycle), when active support ends, and extended support where the record shows it. Below them, what Cyber Essentials, the Essential Eight, CIS Controls v8, PCI DSS and NIST SP 800-53 ask of a version past its end.
- Oldest version still in support
- 17.12, security support to 30 Sep 2027
- Next end date
- 17.12, security support ends 30 Sep 2027
- Editions and channels
- LTS marks a long-term support version, with longer dates than the standard versions beside it.
- Vendor's own notice
- the vendor lifecycle policy address in the record did not answer our check: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/ios-nx-os-software/ios-xe-16/bulletin-c25-2378701.html; the vendor notice is authoritative
- Record
- Cisco IOS XE
- Kind
- operating system
- Versions in the record
- 20
- Versions past vendor support
- 16
- Essential Eight class
- an operating system: Patch operating systems asks that operating systems no longer supported by vendors are replaced, from ML1 (the held ML2 text carries the ML1 set).
- Source
- endoflife.date/cisco-ios-xe, community-maintained, MIT licence, read 30 Sep 2026; sources
Cisco IOS XE versions and their support dates
as at 30 Sep 2026| Cycle | Released | Active support ends | Security support ends | Extended support ends | On the read date | Vendor notice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 LTS | 3 Jun 2026 | ended, date not published | no end date announced | none in the record | supported, no end date announced | not answering | |
| 17.18 LTS | 8 Aug 2025 | 8 Feb 2028 | 8 Aug 2029 | none in the record | supported | not answering | |
| 17.17 | 31 Mar 2025 | 30 Jul 2026 | 30 Jul 2026 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.16 | 11 Dec 2024 | 13 Jan 2026 | 13 Jan 2026 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.15 LTS | 9 Aug 2024 | 30 Mar 2027 | 30 Sep 2028 | none in the record | supported | not answering | |
| 17.14 | 13 Apr 2024 | 31 May 2025 | 31 May 2025 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.13 | 30 Nov 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.12 LTS | 28 Jul 2023 | 30 Mar 2026 | 30 Sep 2027 | none in the record | security fixes only | not answering | |
| 17.11 | 28 Mar 2023 | 14 May 2024 | 14 May 2024 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.10 | 30 Nov 2022 | 3 Jan 2024 | 3 Jan 2024 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.9 LTS | 29 Jul 2022 | 30 Mar 2025 | 30 Sep 2026 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.8 | 11 Apr 2022 | 30 May 2023 | 30 May 2023 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.7 | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Jan 2023 | 30 Jan 2023 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.6 LTS | 30 Jul 2021 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Sep 2024 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.5 | 31 Mar 2021 | 30 May 2022 | 30 May 2022 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.4 | 30 Nov 2020 | 28 Jan 2022 | 28 Jan 2022 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.3 LTS | 31 Jul 2020 | 31 Mar 2023 | 30 Sep 2023 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.2 | 30 Mar 2020 | 15 Jul 2021 | 15 Jul 2021 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 17.1 | 21 Nov 2019 | 30 Dec 2020 | 30 Dec 2020 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 16.12 LTS | 31 Jul 2019 | 17 Feb 2022 | 18 Aug 2022 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering |
A version this table does not list is not in the record: the finder reads it as unknown, never supported. The dates are the record's own; nothing here states a date the record does not hold.
What the schemes ask of a version past its end
- Cyber Essentials
- software on in-scope devices licensed and supported by the vendor, meaning it still receives security updates; unsupported software removed or segregated (SU.1, SU.4). Cyber Essentials Plus: removed, or isolated with compensating controls (PM-02).
- Essential Eight
- An operating system: Patch operating systems asks that operating systems no longer supported by vendors are replaced, from ML1 (the held ML2 text carries the ML1 set).
- CIS Controls v8, Safeguard 2.2
- only software that still receives vendor support may be marked authorised; unsupported software kept for the mission needs a recorded exception with compensating controls and the acceptance of the remaining risk; support status checked at least monthly.
- PCI DSS 12.3.4
- hardware and software reviewed at least every 12 months: that vendors still supply timely security fixes, end-of-life announcements documented, and a remediation plan for outdated technology approved by senior management.
- NIST SP 800-53 SA-22
- system components replaced when support is no longer available from the developer, vendor or manufacturer, or alternative sources of continued support provided.