Acronis Cyber Protect 16 End of Life Date
Acronis Cyber Protect 16 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Dates read at the vendor's own lifecycle pages (acronis.com); the source of each date is on the product page.
Acronis Cyber Protect 16 was released on February 21, 2024 and support is scheduled to end on October 28, 2027 — a planned supported lifespan of 3 years and 8 months, shorter than the 5 years and 3 months median for Acronis Cyber Protect releases.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 (Backup and Recovery) | — | Jun 21, 2013 | EOL |
| 11 (Backup and Recovery) | — | Sep 5, 2014 | EOL |
| 11.5 (Backup and Recovery) | — | May 31, 2019 | EOL |
| 11.7 (Acronis Backup) | — | May 31, 2019 | EOL |
| 12 (Acronis Backup) | — | Sep 9, 2022 | EOL |
| 12.5 (Cyber Backup) | — | Sep 9, 2022 | EOL |
| 15 | — | Feb 21, 2026 | EOL |
| → 16 | — | Oct 28, 2027 | Active |
What does Acronis Cyber Protect 16 end of life mean?
When Acronis Cyber Protect 16 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running Acronis Cyber Protect 16 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Acronis Cyber Protect 17 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.