Cortex XDR End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Cortex XDR versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Sep 3, 2014 | Sep 3, 2015 | 3946 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Mar 31, 2015 | Mar 31, 2016 | 3736 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Nov 10, 2015 | Feb 28, 2017 | 3402 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Aug 21, 2016 | Aug 21, 2019 | 2498 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | 4.0 | Apr 5, 2017 | Apr 5, 2018 | 3001 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Sep 15, 2017 | Sep 15, 2019 | 2473 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | 5.0.12 | Mar 19, 2018 | Jun 1, 2024 | 752 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Jun 25, 2018 | Mar 1, 2022 | 1575 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | 6.0 | Feb 26, 2019 | Feb 26, 2020 | 2309 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.9 | Jul 2, 2019 | Jul 1, 2022 | 1453 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | 7.0 | Dec 4, 2019 | Jun 4, 2021 | 1845 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | 7.1 | Apr 22, 2020 | Jun 4, 2021 | 1845 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.2 | 7.2 | Sep 7, 2020 | Mar 7, 2022 | 1569 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | Feb 1, 2021 | Feb 1, 2022 | 1603 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.4 | 7.4.4 | May 24, 2021 | May 24, 2022 | 1491 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.5 | 7.5.3 | Aug 22, 2021 | Aug 22, 2022 | 1401 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.6 | 7.6.3 | Dec 5, 2021 | Sep 5, 2022 | 1387 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.5-ce LTS | 7.5.102-ce | Mar 6, 2022 | Mar 6, 2024 | 839 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.7 | 7.7.2-HF | Mar 27, 2022 | Dec 27, 2022 | 1274 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.8 | 7.8.2-HF2 | Jul 24, 2022 | Apr 24, 2023 | 1156 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.9 | 7.9.101-ce | Dec 4, 2022 | Sep 11, 2023 | 1016 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.0 | 8.0.2 | Mar 5, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | 917 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.9-ce LTS | 7.9-ce | Mar 19, 2023 | Mar 19, 2025 | 461 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.1 | 8.1.2 | Jun 25, 2023 | Apr 9, 2024 | 805 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.2 | 8.2.1 | Oct 29, 2023 | Aug 12, 2024 | 680 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.3 | 8.3 | Feb 11, 2024 | Nov 25, 2024 | 575 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.4 | 8.4 | Apr 14, 2024 | Feb 5, 2025 | 503 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.3-ce | 8.3.101-CE | May 21, 2024 | May 21, 2026 | 33 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.5 | 8.5.2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Apr 21, 2025 | 428 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.6 | 8.6.1 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jul 13, 2025 | 345 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.9.103-ce | 7.9.103-CE | Nov 11, 2024 | Dec 31, 2026 | 191 days remaining | Active |
| 8.7 | 8.7 | Feb 2, 2025 | Nov 23, 2025 | 212 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Apr 28, 2025 | Feb 18, 2026 | 125 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.9 | 8.9 | Jul 21, 2025 | May 10, 2026 | 44 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.0 | 9.0.0 | Nov 9, 2025 | Aug 23, 2026 | 61 days remaining | Warning |
| 9.1 | 9.1.0 | Jan 25, 2026 | Nov 22, 2026 | 152 days remaining | Warning |
| 9.2 | 9.2.0 | May 3, 2026 | Feb 28, 2027 | 250 days remaining | Active |
What does Cortex XDR end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Cortex XDR 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 Cortex XDR 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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