Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Chef Inspec versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.51.31 | Sep 26, 2016 | Dec 31, 2019 | 2321 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2 | 2.3.28 | Feb 20, 2018 | Dec 31, 2019 | 2321 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3 | 3.9.3 | Oct 15, 2018 | Apr 30, 2020 | 2200 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | 4.56.58 | Apr 30, 2019 | Nov 14, 2023 | 907 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | 5.24.7 | Mar 17, 2022 | Oct 16, 2025 | 205 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6.8.24 | Nov 14, 2023 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 7 | 7.0.107 | Oct 16, 2025 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Chef Inspec 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 Chef Inspec 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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