Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ansible versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 2.9.27 | Oct 31, 2019 | May 23, 2022 | 1447 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.10 | 2.10.7 | Sep 22, 2020 | Feb 9, 2021 | 1915 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3 | 3.4.0 | Feb 18, 2021 | May 11, 2021 | 1824 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | 4.10.0 | May 18, 2021 | Dec 14, 2021 | 1607 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | 5.10.0 | Dec 2, 2021 | Jun 8, 2022 | 1431 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6.7.0 | Jun 21, 2022 | Dec 6, 2022 | 1250 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | 7.7.0 | Nov 22, 2022 | Jun 22, 2023 | 1052 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | 8.7.0 | May 30, 2023 | Dec 6, 2023 | 885 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | 9.13.0 | Nov 21, 2023 | Dec 3, 2024 | 522 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10 | 10.7.0 | Jun 4, 2024 | Dec 3, 2024 | 522 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 | 11.13.0 | Nov 19, 2024 | Dec 9, 2025 | 151 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | 12.3.0 | Sep 9, 2025 | Dec 9, 2025 | 151 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | 13.6.0 | Nov 19, 2025 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Ansible 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 Ansible 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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