Adobe ColdFusion 2018 End of Life Date
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 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.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 was released on July 12, 2018 and support ended on July 13, 2023 — a supported lifespan of 5 years, in line with the 5 years median for Adobe ColdFusion releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 2018.0.19.330149, published July 19, 2023 — 6 days after the published end-of-life date. It has been without security patches for 3 years and 2 months. 1 newer Adobe ColdFusion release has shipped since.
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Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 10.0.23.302580 | May 16, 2017 | EOL |
| 11 | 11.0.19.314546 | Apr 30, 2019 | EOL |
| 2016 | 2016.0.17.325979 | Feb 17, 2021 | EOL |
| → 2018 | 2018.0.19.330149 | Jul 13, 2023 | EOL |
| 2021 | 2021.0.23.330486 | Nov 10, 2025 | EOL |
| 2023 | 2023.0.24.330957 | May 16, 2028 | Active |
| 2025 | 2025.0.13.331960 | Feb 26, 2030 | Active |
What does Adobe ColdFusion 2018 end of life mean?
When Adobe ColdFusion 2018 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running Adobe ColdFusion 2018 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Adobe ColdFusion 2025 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.