Azul Zulu 8 End of Life Date
Azul Zulu 8 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.
Azul Zulu 8 was released on April 8, 2014 and support is scheduled to end on December 31, 2030 — a planned supported lifespan of 16 years and 9 months, longer than the 8 years and 1 month median for Azul Zulu LTS releases. It is a long-term support (LTS) release, so it carries a longer patch window than the interim releases around it. Its most recent patch is 8.96.0.205, published August 18, 2026.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 LTS | 7.56 | Jul 31, 2022 | EOL |
| 6 LTS | N/A | Dec 31, 2018 | EOL |
| → 8 LTS | 8.96.0.205 | Dec 31, 2030 | Active |
| 9 (<abbr title='Short Term Support'>STS</abbr>) | 9.0.7.1 | Mar 31, 2018 | EOL |
| 10 (<abbr title='Short Term Support'>STS</abbr>) | 10.3.5 | Sep 30, 2018 | EOL |
| 11 LTS | 11.90.205 | Jan 31, 2032 | Active |
| 12 (<abbr title='Short Term Support'>STS</abbr>) | 12.3.11 | Sep 30, 2019 | EOL |
| 13 (<abbr title='Medium-Term Support'>MTS</abbr>) | 13.54.17 | Mar 31, 2023 | EOL |
What does Azul Zulu 8 end of life mean?
When Azul Zulu 8 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running Azul Zulu 8 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Azul Zulu 27 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.