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 | 2686 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 LTS | unknown | Jul 11, 2011 | Jul 31, 2022 | 1378 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 LTS | 8u492+9 | Mar 18, 2014 | Nov 30, 2026 | 205 days remaining | Active |
| 10 | 10.0.2 | Mar 21, 2018 | Sep 25, 2018 | 2783 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 LTS | 11.0.31+11 | Oct 8, 2018 | Oct 31, 2024 | 555 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | 12.0.2 | Mar 22, 2019 | Sep 17, 2019 | 2426 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | 13.0.2+9 | Sep 26, 2019 | Mar 17, 2020 | 2244 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | 14.0.2+13 | Mar 19, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | 2061 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15 | 15.0.2+10 | Sep 17, 2020 | Mar 16, 2021 | 1880 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16 | 16.0.2+7 | Mar 19, 2021 | Sep 14, 2021 | 1698 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17 LTS | 17.0.19+12 | Sep 17, 2021 | Oct 31, 2027 | 540 days remaining | Active |
| 18 | 18.0.2.1+1 | Mar 23, 2022 | Sep 20, 2022 | 1327 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19 | 19.0.2+9 | Sep 21, 2022 | Mar 21, 2023 | 1145 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20 | 20.0.2+10 | Mar 22, 2023 | Sep 19, 2023 | 963 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21 LTS | 21.0.11+12 | Sep 20, 2023 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 22 | 22.0.2+11 | Mar 20, 2024 | Sep 17, 2024 | 599 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23 | 23.0.2+9 | Sep 18, 2024 | Mar 18, 2025 | 417 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24 | 24.0.2+12 | Mar 19, 2025 | Sep 16, 2025 | 235 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25 LTS | 25.0.3+11 | Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 30, 2031 | 1970 days remaining | Active |
| 26 | 26.0.1+10 | Mar 18, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 132 days remaining | Warning |
When a Bellsoft Liberica 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 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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