Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Alpine Linux versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 2.1.6 | Dec 30, 2009 | Nov 1, 2012 | 4937 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.2 | 2.2.5 | May 4, 2010 | May 1, 2013 | 4756 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.3 | 2.3.6 | May 19, 2010 | Nov 1, 2013 | 4572 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.4 | 2.4.11 | Jul 7, 2010 | May 1, 2014 | 4391 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.5 | 2.5.4 | Aug 12, 2010 | Nov 1, 2014 | 4207 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.6 | 2.6.8 | Dec 15, 2010 | May 1, 2015 | 4026 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.7 | 2.7.9 | Jan 6, 2011 | Nov 1, 2015 | 3842 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.0 | 3.0.6 | Jun 4, 2014 | May 1, 2016 | 3660 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.1 | 3.1.4 | Dec 10, 2014 | Nov 1, 2016 | 3476 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | 3.2.3 | May 26, 2015 | May 1, 2017 | 3295 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.3 | 3.3.3 | Dec 19, 2015 | Nov 1, 2017 | 3111 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.4 | 3.4.6 | May 31, 2016 | May 1, 2018 | 2930 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.5 | 3.5.3 | Dec 22, 2016 | Nov 1, 2018 | 2746 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.6 | 3.6.5 | May 24, 2017 | May 1, 2019 | 2565 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.7 | 3.7.3 | Nov 30, 2017 | Nov 1, 2019 | 2381 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.8 | 3.8.5 | Jun 26, 2018 | May 1, 2020 | 2199 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.9 | 3.9.6 | Jan 29, 2019 | Nov 1, 2020 | 2015 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.10 | 3.10.9 | Jun 19, 2019 | May 1, 2021 | 1834 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.11 | 3.11.13 | Dec 19, 2019 | Nov 1, 2021 | 1650 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.12 | 3.12.12 | May 29, 2020 | May 1, 2022 | 1469 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.13 | 3.13.12 | Jan 14, 2021 | Nov 1, 2022 | 1285 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.14 | 3.14.10 | Jun 15, 2021 | May 1, 2023 | 1104 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.15 | 3.15.11 | Nov 24, 2021 | Nov 1, 2023 | 920 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.16 | 3.16.9 | May 23, 2022 | May 23, 2024 | 716 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.17 | 3.17.10 | Nov 22, 2022 | Nov 22, 2024 | 533 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.18 | 3.18.12 | May 9, 2023 | May 9, 2025 | 365 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.19 | 3.19.9 | Dec 7, 2023 | Nov 1, 2025 | 189 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.20 | 3.20.10 | May 22, 2024 | Apr 1, 2026 | 38 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.21 | 3.21.7 | Dec 5, 2024 | Nov 1, 2026 | 176 days remaining | Warning |
| 3.22 | 3.22.4 | May 30, 2025 | May 1, 2027 | 357 days remaining | Active |
| 3.23 | 3.23.4 | Dec 4, 2025 | Nov 1, 2027 | 541 days remaining | Active |
When a Alpine Linux version reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Alpine Linux should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
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