Ceph 20 End of Life Date
Ceph 20 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.
Ceph 20 was released on November 18, 2025 and support is scheduled to end on June 1, 2027 — a planned supported lifespan of 1 year and 7 months, shorter than the 2 years and 3 months median for Ceph releases. Its most recent patch is 20.2.4, published August 18, 2026.
What does Ceph 20 end of life mean?
When Ceph 20 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: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running Ceph 20 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Ceph 20 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.