authentik 2022.12 End of Life Date
authentik 2022.12 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
authentik 2022.12 was released on December 28, 2022 and support ended on February 14, 2023 — a supported lifespan of 2 months, shorter than the 4 months median for authentik releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 2022.12.3, published March 2, 2023 — 16 days after the published end-of-life date. It has been without security patches for 3 years and 6 months. 9 newer authentik releases have shipped since.
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Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021.12 | 2021.12.5 | Feb 16, 2022 | EOL |
| → 2022.12 | 2022.12.3 | Feb 14, 2023 | EOL |
| 2023.10 | 2023.10.7 | Apr 24, 2024 | EOL |
| 2024.12 | 2024.12.5 | Apr 30, 2025 | EOL |
| 2025.4 | 2025.4.4 | Aug 20, 2025 | EOL |
| 2025.6 | 2025.6.4 | Oct 27, 2025 | EOL |
| 2025.8 | 2025.8.6 | Jan 13, 2026 | EOL |
| 2025.10 | 2025.10.4 | Feb 24, 2026 | EOL |
What does authentik 2022.12 end of life mean?
When authentik 2022.12 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 authentik 2022.12 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to authentik 2026.5 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.