Barracuda Web Application Firewall End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Barracuda Web Application Firewall versions. Dates read at the vendor's own lifecycle pages (documentation.campus.barracuda.com). Updated at every deploy.
Barracuda Web Application Firewall 1062 Rev A is supported, with no end-of-life or end-of-support date announced yet. 16 of 28 tracked Barracuda Web Application Firewall versions are past end of life; the most recent to reach it, 860 Rev B, did so on November 15, 2025. The full Barracuda Web Application Firewall lifecycle, with every version's release and end-of-support date, is in the table below.
Running an EOL version? Get matched with support options — free ↓| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1062 Rev A | 1062 Rev A | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 1061 Rev A | 1061 Rev A | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 1060 Rev B | 1060 Rev B | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 1060 Rev A | 1060 Rev A | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 964 Rev D | 964 Rev D | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 964 Rev B | 964 Rev B | — | Nov 15, 2025 | 330 days past EOL | EOL |
| 964 Rev A | 964 Rev A | — | Jan 30, 2023 | 1350 days past EOL | EOL |
| 963 Rev A | 963 Rev A | — | Aug 30, 2019 | 2599 days past EOL | EOL |
| 962 Rev A | 962 Rev A | — | Feb 20, 2023 | 1329 days past EOL | EOL |
| 961 Rev D | 961 Rev D | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 961 Rev C | 961 Rev C | — | Nov 15, 2025 | 330 days past EOL | EOL |
| 961 Rev B | 961 Rev B | — | Jan 30, 2023 | 1350 days past EOL | EOL |
| 961 Rev A | 961 Rev A | — | Jan 28, 2020 | 2448 days past EOL | EOL |
| 960 Rev D | 960 Rev D | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 960 Rev C | 960 Rev C | — | Nov 15, 2025 | 330 days past EOL | EOL |
| 960 Rev B | 960 Rev B | — | Jan 30, 2023 | 1350 days past EOL | EOL |
| 960 Rev A | 960 Rev A | — | Jan 28, 2020 | 2448 days past EOL | EOL |
| 862 Rev C | 862 Rev C | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 862 Rev B | 862 Rev B | — | Nov 15, 2025 | 330 days past EOL | EOL |
| 862 Rev A | 862 Rev A | — | Jan 28, 2020 | 2448 days past EOL | EOL |
| 861 Rev C | 861 Rev C | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 861 Rev B | 861 Rev B | — | Nov 15, 2025 | 330 days past EOL | EOL |
| 861 Rev A | 861 Rev A | — | Jan 30, 2023 | 1350 days past EOL | EOL |
| 860 Rev C | 860 Rev C | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 860 Rev B | 860 Rev B | — | Nov 15, 2025 | 330 days past EOL | EOL |
| 860 Rev A | 860 Rev A | — | Jan 30, 2023 | 1350 days past EOL | EOL |
| 660 Rev B | 660 Rev B | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 660 Rev A | 660 Rev A | — | TBD | Supported | Active |
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall lifecycle status — the real story
Barracuda Web Application Firewall hardware appliances, model revisions 660 to 1062 as printed on Barracuda's Hardware End of Sale/End of Life page (Barracuda Campus, public). Field mapping: support is End of Sale ('the last order date for the product as well for all options associated with that product'); eol is End of Life ('the last day of firmware support for a specific hardware and firmware product bundle ... Barracuda Web Application Firewall firmware released after this date will no longer be tested or supported on this hardware model'). Between the two, Barracuda allows software and content-security subscriptions (Energize Updates) to be extended, 'but not beyond the EoL date'.
As read on 2026-10-10: 16 of 28 revisions are past End of Life, most recently the Rev B of the 860, 861, 862 and 964 and the Rev C of the 960 and 961 (November 15, 2025). The 660 Rev A, 1060 Rev A, 1061 and 1062 left sale on March 23, 2023 and Barracuda prints their End of Life as 'Not Set', so they are served as no date announced. Models not on the page are not modelled. Virtual and cloud WAF editions have no hardware dates. KEV: no CISA KEV entry names Barracuda Web Application Firewall (catalog 2026.10.08).
Barracuda Web Application Firewall release and support pattern
Of the 28 release lines tracked, 16 are past end of life and 12 are still within support. No end-of-life date is currently published for the 12 supported lines.
Computed from the tracked release data at every build — the figures above are the dates in the table, restated, not an editorial estimate.
What does Barracuda Web Application Firewall end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Barracuda Web Application Firewall 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no vendor patch is coming. This is one of the most dangerous gaps in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Barracuda Web Application Firewall 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.
Your options when Barracuda Web Application Firewall reaches end of life
There are four realistic paths. Which one is right depends far more on how long the system needs to keep running than on the version you are on today.
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Move to a supported version | The system will outlive the current version's support window and you can schedule the work | Budget for compatibility testing, not just the upgrade itself — that is where the real cost sits |
| Replace the component | The project is unmaintained, or a better-supported alternative exists | The replacement has its own lifecycle and its own end-of-life date — you are changing vendors, not escaping the problem |
| Buy extended support | Migration is genuinely underway but cannot finish before the deadline, or the workload is frozen by certification or a third-party application | A bridge, not a destination — every year purchased is a year the migration still has to happen |
| Document accepted risk | The system is isolated, short-lived, or scheduled for retirement | Only defensible with real compensating controls and a written decision — auditors treat undocumented end-of-life software as a finding |
How to choose, in one question: how many more years does this system need to run? Under a year, extended support (where it exists) is usually cheaper than an emergency migration. One to three years, migrate — support purchased repeatedly costs more than doing the project once, and the project only gets harder as the version ages. Indefinitely, migrate now and plan the next migration before it surprises you.
Worth saying plainly, because vendors selling extended support rarely will: extended support is often the more expensive choice over a multi-year horizon. It is the right answer when a deadline is genuinely unreachable, not as a default. Compare the annual fee against the one-time cost of migrating before committing to either.
Formalizing decisions like this across your estate? Our free EOL policy template is a ready-to-adopt policy with risk tiers, remediation SLAs, and audit mapping — no signup, free to use and share.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Barracuda Web Application Firewall versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
Barracuda Web Application Firewall has 16 versions past end of life — security patches have stopped, but CVE disclosures haven't. Extended support past the official date exists for many products in this position — whether it exists for Barracuda Web Application Firewall is exactly what we check. Tell us where to reach you and we'll reply with matched options and pricing guidance — or an honest "no vendor covers this."