BellSoft Liberica End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all BellSoft Liberica versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 LTS | unknown | Dec 12, 2006 | Dec 31, 2018 | 2731 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 LTS | unknown | Jul 11, 2011 | Jul 31, 2022 | 1423 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 LTS | 8u492+9 | Mar 18, 2014 | Nov 30, 2026 | 160 days remaining | Warning |
| 10 | 10.0.2 | Mar 21, 2018 | Sep 25, 2018 | 2828 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 LTS | 11.0.31+11 | Oct 8, 2018 | Oct 31, 2024 | 600 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | 12.0.2 | Mar 22, 2019 | Sep 17, 2019 | 2471 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | 13.0.2+9 | Sep 26, 2019 | Mar 17, 2020 | 2289 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | 14.0.2+13 | Mar 19, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | 2106 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15 | 15.0.2+10 | Sep 17, 2020 | Mar 16, 2021 | 1925 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16 | 16.0.2+7 | Mar 19, 2021 | Sep 14, 2021 | 1743 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17 LTS | 17.0.19+12 | Sep 17, 2021 | Oct 31, 2027 | 495 days remaining | Active |
| 18 | 18.0.2.1+1 | Mar 23, 2022 | Sep 20, 2022 | 1372 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19 | 19.0.2+9 | Sep 21, 2022 | Mar 21, 2023 | 1190 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20 | 20.0.2+10 | Mar 22, 2023 | Sep 19, 2023 | 1008 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21 LTS | 21.0.11+12 | Sep 20, 2023 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 22 | 22.0.2+11 | Mar 20, 2024 | Sep 17, 2024 | 644 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23 | 23.0.2+9 | Sep 18, 2024 | Mar 18, 2025 | 462 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24 | 24.0.2+12 | Mar 19, 2025 | Sep 16, 2025 | 280 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25 LTS | 25.0.3+11 | Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 30, 2031 | 1925 days remaining | Active |
| 26 | 26.0.1+10 | Mar 18, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 87 days remaining | Warning |
What does BellSoft Liberica end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of BellSoft Liberica 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 BellSoft Liberica 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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