Chef Infra Server End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Chef Infra Server versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 11.1.7 | Feb 4, 2013 | Dec 31, 2018 | 2749 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | 12.19.31 | Nov 25, 2014 | Dec 31, 2020 | 2018 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | 13.2.0 | May 31, 2019 | Jun 30, 2021 | 1837 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | 14.16.19 | Jun 8, 2020 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 15 | 15.10.114 | Jun 13, 2022 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does Chef Infra Server end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Chef Infra Server 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 Chef Infra Server 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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If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Chef Infra Server versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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