CloudLinux OS End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all CloudLinux OS versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
CloudLinux OS 10 is supported until May 31, 2035, its end-of-support date. The next CloudLinux OS version to reach end of life is 8, on May 31, 2029. 2 of 5 tracked CloudLinux OS versions are past end of life; the most recent to reach it, 7, did so on June 30, 2024. The full CloudLinux OS lifecycle, with every version's release and end-of-support date, is in the table below.
Running an EOL version? Get matched with support options — free ↓| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Extended Support | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CloudLinux OS 6 | 6.10 | Feb 1, 2011 | Nov 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2024 Extended support (ended) |
2140 days past EOL | EOL |
| CloudLinux OS 7 | 7.9 | Apr 1, 2015 | Jun 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2027 Extended support |
832 days past EOL | EOL |
| CloudLinux OS 8 | — | Mar 17, 2020 | May 31, 2029 | — | 964 days remaining | Active |
| CloudLinux OS 9 | — | Jan 17, 2023 | May 31, 2032 | — | 2060 days remaining | Active |
| CloudLinux OS 10 | — | Oct 17, 2025 | May 31, 2035 | — | 3155 days remaining | Active |
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CloudLinux OS lifecycle status — the real story
CloudLinux OS is a commercial Linux distribution for shared and multi-tenant web hosting, sold in Solo, Admin and Shared (Pro) editions. CloudLinux says it "follows the life cycle policy of RHEL" and prints a release date and one "End of Life and Support" date per major version, for all editions, on its CloudLinux OS life cycle table. CloudLinux OS 8 runs to May 31, 2029, 9 to May 31, 2032 and 10 to May 31, 2035.
CloudLinux OS 7 reached end of life and support on June 30, 2024, and the same table prints "ELS until June 30, 2027" for it: an Extended Lifecycle Support window from CloudLinux after regular support. CloudLinux OS 6 ended regular support on November 30, 2020 and ELS on June 30, 2024. For CloudLinux OS 6, CloudLinux's billing documentation describes ELS as a premium on the server licence (10% in the first year, rising to 30% in the third), with no extra charge for CloudLinux OS Shared PRO. We have not found a published price for CloudLinux OS 7 ELS. CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (2026.10.08) has no CloudLinux entry.
Field mapping: support and eol both carry the vendor's single End of Life and Support date. extendedSupport is the ELS end date that CloudLinux prints next to it (versions 6 and 7 only). The final minor releases (6.10 and 7.9) are the highest version directories in CloudLinux's own package repository.
CloudLinux OS release and support pattern
Across the 5 release lines with a published release date, CloudLinux OS has shipped a new line roughly every 3.5 years (median interval). A line typically stays in standard support for about 9.4 years from its release to its standard-support end date.
Of the 5 release lines tracked, 2 are past end of life and 3 are still within support. The newest line, 10, was released October 17, 2025. The next scheduled end of life is 8 on May 31, 2029 — 964 days from this build. The longest-supported line currently published is 10, to May 31, 2035. Upstream also publishes an extended-support phase for 2 lines, shown in the table above.
Computed from the tracked release data at every build — the figures above are the dates in the table, restated, not an editorial estimate.
What does CloudLinux OS end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of CloudLinux OS 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no vendor patch is coming. This is one of the most dangerous gaps in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL CloudLinux OS 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.
Your options when CloudLinux OS reaches end of life
There are four realistic paths. Which one is right depends far more on how long the system needs to keep running than on the version you are on today.
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Move to a supported version | The system will outlive the current version's support window and you can schedule the work | Budget for compatibility testing, not just the upgrade itself — that is where the real cost sits |
| Replace the component | The project is unmaintained, or a better-supported alternative exists | The replacement has its own lifecycle and its own end-of-life date — you are changing vendors, not escaping the problem |
| Buy extended support | Migration is genuinely underway but cannot finish before the deadline, or the workload is frozen by certification or a third-party application | A bridge, not a destination — every year purchased is a year the migration still has to happen |
| Document accepted risk | The system is isolated, short-lived, or scheduled for retirement | Only defensible with real compensating controls and a written decision — auditors treat undocumented end-of-life software as a finding |
How to choose, in one question: how many more years does this system need to run? Under a year, extended support (where it exists) is usually cheaper than an emergency migration. One to three years, migrate — support purchased repeatedly costs more than doing the project once, and the project only gets harder as the version ages. Indefinitely, migrate now and plan the next migration before it surprises you.
Worth saying plainly, because vendors selling extended support rarely will: extended support is often the more expensive choice over a multi-year horizon. It is the right answer when a deadline is genuinely unreachable, not as a default. Compare the annual fee against the one-time cost of migrating before committing to either.
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Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL CloudLinux OS versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
CloudLinux OS has 2 versions past end of life — security patches have stopped, but CVE disclosures haven't. Extended support past the official date exists for many products in this position — whether it exists for CloudLinux OS is exactly what we check. Tell us where to reach you and we'll reply with matched options and pricing guidance — or an honest "no vendor covers this."