Amazon Corretto 16 End of Life Date
Amazon Corretto 16 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Amazon Corretto 16 was released on March 16, 2021 and support ended on October 19, 2021 — a supported lifespan of 7 months, in line with the 8 months median for Amazon Corretto releases. It was not an LTS release; Amazon Corretto reserves longer patch windows for its LTS versions. The last patch it will ever receive is 16.0.2.7.1, published April 19, 2022 — 6 months after the published end-of-life date. It has been without security patches for 4 years and 10 months. 9 newer Amazon Corretto releases have shipped since.
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Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 LTS | 8.502.07.1 | Dec 31, 2030 | Active |
| 11 LTS | 11.0.32.9.1 | Jan 31, 2032 | Active |
| 15 | 15.0.2.7.1 | Apr 20, 2021 | EOL |
| → 16 | 16.0.2.7.1 | Oct 19, 2021 | EOL |
| 17 LTS | 17.0.20.8.1 | Oct 31, 2029 | Active |
| 18 | 18.0.2.9.1 | Oct 18, 2022 | EOL |
| 19 | 19.0.2.7.1 | Apr 19, 2023 | EOL |
| 20 | 20.0.2.10.1 | Oct 17, 2023 | EOL |
What does Amazon Corretto 16 end of life mean?
When Amazon Corretto 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: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running Amazon Corretto 16 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Amazon Corretto 25 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.