Amazon Corretto 27 End of Life Date
Amazon Corretto 27 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data reconciled from official vendor documentation and endoflife.date at every build; the source of each date is on the product page.
Amazon Corretto 27 was released on September 17, 2026 and support is scheduled to end on April 30, 2027 — a planned supported lifespan of 8 months, in line with the 8 months median for Amazon Corretto releases. It is not an LTS release; Amazon Corretto reserves longer patch windows for its LTS versions. Its most recent patch is 27.0.0.35.1, published September 16, 2026.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 LTS | 8.504.01.1 | Dec 31, 2030 | Active |
| 11 LTS | 11.0.32.10.1 | 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 | 17.0.20.10.1 | 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 27 end of life mean?
When Amazon Corretto 27 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 27 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Amazon Corretto 27 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.