CakePHP End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all CakePHP versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | 1.3.21 | Apr 25, 2010 | Nov 1, 2015 | 3887 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.0 | 2.0.6 | Oct 16, 2011 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.1 | 2.1.5 | Mar 4, 2012 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.2 | 2.2.9 | Jul 1, 2012 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.3 | 2.3.10 | Jan 28, 2013 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.4 | 2.4.10 | Aug 30, 2013 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.5 | 2.5.9 | May 12, 2014 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.6 | 2.6.13 | Dec 23, 2014 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 3.0 | 3.0.19 | Mar 22, 2015 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.7 | 2.7.11 | Jul 11, 2015 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 3.1 | 3.1.14 | Sep 19, 2015 | Feb 13, 2017 | 3417 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | 3.2.14 | Jan 29, 2016 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.8 | 2.8.9 | Feb 6, 2016 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 3.3 | 3.3.16 | Aug 12, 2016 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.9 | 2.9.9 | Sep 18, 2016 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 3.4 | 3.4.14 | Feb 12, 2017 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 2.10 | 2.10.24 | Jul 22, 2017 | Jun 15, 2021 | 1834 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.5 | 3.5.18 | Aug 18, 2017 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 3.6 | 3.6.15 | Apr 14, 2018 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 3.7 | 3.7.9 | Dec 8, 2018 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 3.8 | 3.8.13 | Jun 26, 2019 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 4.0 | 4.0.10 | Dec 15, 2019 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 3.9 | 3.9.10 | Jun 20, 2020 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 4.1 | 4.1.7 | Jul 4, 2020 | No EOL date | Supported | Active |
| 4.2 | 4.2.12 | Dec 20, 2020 | Oct 14, 2023 | 983 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.10 | 3.10.5 | Jun 19, 2021 | Dec 15, 2022 | 1286 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.3 | 4.3.11 | Oct 23, 2021 | Sep 9, 2026 | 78 days remaining | Warning |
| 4.4 | 4.4.18 | Jun 6, 2022 | Sep 9, 2026 | 78 days remaining | Warning |
| 5.0 | 5.0.11 | Sep 9, 2023 | Jan 9, 2026 | 165 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.5 | 4.5.11 | Oct 14, 2023 | Sep 9, 2026 | 78 days remaining | Warning |
| 5.1 | 5.1.7 | Sep 13, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 4.6 | 4.6.4 | Mar 22, 2025 | Sep 9, 2026 | 78 days remaining | Warning |
| 5.2 | 5.2.13 | Mar 29, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 5.3 | 5.3.6 | Jan 9, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does CakePHP end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of CakePHP 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 CakePHP 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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