IBM MQ end of life dates
The support dates the endoflife.date record (community-maintained) holds for IBM MQ, 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
- 9.3 (IBM MQ 9.3 LTS), security support to 30 Sep 2027
- Next end date
- 9.3, security support ends 30 Sep 2027
- Vendor's own notice
- the vendor lifecycle policy for IBM MQ, authoritative; each version below links its own notice where the record carries one
- Record
- IBM MQ
- Kind
- server application
- Versions in the record
- 13
- Versions past vendor support
- 10
- Essential Eight class
- an application outside the priority classes: Patch applications asks for its removal once no longer supported at ML3; at ML1 and ML2 no held Essential Eight clause turns on it.
- Source
- endoflife.date/ibm-mq, community-maintained, MIT licence, read 30 Sep 2026; sources
IBM MQ 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 IBM MQ 10.0 LTS | 16 Jun 2026 | not given separately | no end date announced | ended, date not published | supported, no end date announced | none in the record | |
| 9.4 IBM MQ 9.4 LTS | 18 Jun 2024 | not given separately | no end date announced | ended, date not published | supported, no end date announced | none in the record | |
| 9.3 IBM MQ 9.3 LTS | 23 Jun 2022 | not given separately | 30 Sep 2027 | 30 Sep 2031 | supported | none in the record | |
| 9.2 IBM MQ 9.2 LTS | 23 Jul 2020 | not given separately | 30 Sep 2025 | 30 Sep 2029 | extended support only | none in the record | |
| 9.1 IBM MQ 9.1 LTS | 23 Jul 2018 | not given separately | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2027 | extended support only | none in the record | |
| 9.0 IBM MQ 9.0 LTS | 2 Jun 2016 | not given separately | 30 Sep 2021 | 30 Sep 2025 | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 8.0 IBM MQ 8.0 | 13 Jun 2014 | not given separately | 30 Apr 2020 | 30 Apr 2023 | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 7.5 WebSphere MQ 7.5 | 15 Jun 2012 | not given separately | 30 Apr 2018 | none in the record | past vendor support | not answering | |
| 7.1 WebSphere MQ 7.1 | 1 Nov 2011 | not given separately | 30 Apr 2017 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 7.0 WebSphere MQ 7.0 | 1 May 2008 | not given separately | 30 Sep 2015 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 6.0 WebSphere MQ 6.X | 1 May 2005 | not given separately | 30 Sep 2012 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 5.3 WebSphere MQ 5.3 | 1 Jun 2002 | not given separately | 28 Sep 2007 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 5.2 MQ Series 5.2 | 1 Dec 2000 | not given separately | 31 Dec 2003 | 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 application outside the priority classes: Patch applications asks for its removal once no longer supported at ML3; at ML1 and ML2 no held Essential Eight clause turns on it.
- 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.