Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Containerd versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1.0.3 | Dec 5, 2017 | Dec 5, 2018 | 2712 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.1 | 1.1.8 | Apr 23, 2018 | Oct 23, 2019 | 2390 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.2 | 1.2.14 | Oct 24, 2018 | Oct 15, 2020 | 2032 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.3 | 1.3.10 | Sep 26, 2019 | Mar 4, 2021 | 1892 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.4 | 1.4.13 | Aug 17, 2020 | Mar 3, 2022 | 1528 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.5 | 1.5.18 | May 3, 2021 | Feb 28, 2023 | 1166 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.6 LTS | 1.6.39 | Feb 15, 2022 | Aug 23, 2025 | 259 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.7 LTS | 1.7.31 | Mar 10, 2023 | Sep 1, 2026 | 115 days remaining | Warning |
| 2.0 LTS | 2.0.8 | Nov 5, 2024 | Mar 1, 2027 | 296 days remaining | Active |
| 2.1 | 2.1.7 | May 7, 2025 | May 5, 2026 | 4 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.2 | 2.2.3 | Nov 5, 2025 | Nov 6, 2026 | 181 days remaining | Active |
| 2.3 LTS | 2.3.0 | Apr 30, 2026 | Apr 30, 2028 | 722 days remaining | Active |
When a Containerd 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 Containerd 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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