Debian end of life dates
The support dates the endoflife.date record (community-maintained) holds for Debian, 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
- 12, security support to 30 Jun 2028
- Next end date
- 12, security support ends 30 Jun 2028
- Vendor's own notice
- the vendor lifecycle policy for Debian, authoritative; each version below links its own notice where the record carries one
- Record
- Debian
- Kind
- operating system
- Versions in the record
- 18
- 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/debian, community-maintained, MIT licence, read 30 Sep 2026; sources
Debian 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 9 Aug 2025 | 9 Aug 2028 | 30 Jun 2030 | 30 Jun 2035 | supported | notice | |
| 12 | 10 Jun 2023 | 11 Jul 2026 | 30 Jun 2028 | 30 Jun 2033 | security fixes only | notice | |
| 11 | 14 Aug 2021 | 14 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2026 | 30 Jun 2031 | extended support only | notice | |
| 10 | 6 Jul 2019 | 10 Sep 2022 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2029 | extended support only | notice | |
| 9 | 17 Jun 2017 | 18 Jul 2020 | 1 Jul 2022 | 30 Jun 2027 | extended support only | notice | |
| 8 | 25 Apr 2015 | 17 Jun 2018 | 30 Jun 2020 | 30 Jun 2025 | past vendor support | notice | |
| 7 | 4 May 2013 | 25 Apr 2016 | 31 May 2018 | 30 Jun 2020 | past vendor support | notice | |
| 6 | 6 Feb 2011 | 31 May 2014 | 29 Feb 2016 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 5 | 14 Feb 2009 | 6 Feb 2012 | 6 Feb 2012 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 4 | 8 Apr 2007 | 15 Feb 2010 | 15 Feb 2010 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.1 | 6 Jun 2005 | 31 Mar 2008 | 31 Mar 2008 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.0 | 19 Jul 2002 | 30 Jun 2006 | 30 Jun 2006 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 2.2 | 15 Aug 2000 | 30 Jun 2003 | 30 Jun 2003 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 2.1 | 9 Mar 1999 | 30 Sep 2000 | 30 Oct 2000 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 2.0 | 24 Jul 1998 | 15 Feb 1999 | 15 Feb 1999 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 1.3 | 2 Jul 1997 | 8 Dec 1998 | 8 Dec 1998 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 1.2 | 12 Dec 1996 | 23 Oct 1997 | 23 Oct 1997 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 1.1 | 17 Jun 1996 | 12 Dec 1996 | 12 Dec 1996 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice |
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.