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 | 3964 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Mar 31, 2015 | Mar 31, 2016 | 3754 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Nov 10, 2015 | Feb 28, 2017 | 3420 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Aug 21, 2016 | Aug 21, 2019 | 2516 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | 4.0 | Apr 5, 2017 | Apr 5, 2018 | 3019 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Sep 15, 2017 | Sep 15, 2019 | 2491 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | 5.0.12 | Mar 19, 2018 | Jun 1, 2024 | 770 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Jun 25, 2018 | Mar 1, 2022 | 1593 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | 6.0 | Feb 26, 2019 | Feb 26, 2020 | 2327 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.9 | Jul 2, 2019 | Jul 1, 2022 | 1471 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | 7.0 | Dec 4, 2019 | Jun 4, 2021 | 1863 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | 7.1 | Apr 22, 2020 | Jun 4, 2021 | 1863 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.2 | 7.2 | Sep 7, 2020 | Mar 7, 2022 | 1587 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | Feb 1, 2021 | Feb 1, 2022 | 1621 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.4 | 7.4.4 | May 24, 2021 | May 24, 2022 | 1509 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.5 | 7.5.3 | Aug 22, 2021 | Aug 22, 2022 | 1419 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.6 | 7.6.3 | Dec 5, 2021 | Sep 5, 2022 | 1405 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.5-ce LTS | 7.5.102-ce | Mar 6, 2022 | Mar 6, 2024 | 857 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.7 | 7.7.2-HF | Mar 27, 2022 | Dec 27, 2022 | 1292 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.8 | 7.8.2-HF2 | Jul 24, 2022 | Apr 24, 2023 | 1174 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.9 | 7.9.101-ce | Dec 4, 2022 | Sep 11, 2023 | 1034 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.0 | 8.0.2 | Mar 5, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | 935 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.9-ce LTS | 7.9-ce | Mar 19, 2023 | Mar 19, 2025 | 479 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.1 | 8.1.2 | Jun 25, 2023 | Apr 9, 2024 | 823 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.2 | 8.2.1 | Oct 29, 2023 | Aug 12, 2024 | 698 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.3 | 8.3 | Feb 11, 2024 | Nov 25, 2024 | 593 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.4 | 8.4 | Apr 14, 2024 | Feb 5, 2025 | 521 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.3-ce | 8.3.101-CE | May 21, 2024 | May 21, 2026 | 51 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.5 | 8.5.2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Apr 21, 2025 | 446 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.6 | 8.6.1 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jul 13, 2025 | 363 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.9.103-ce | 7.9.103-CE | Nov 11, 2024 | Dec 31, 2026 | 173 days remaining | Warning |
| 8.7 | 8.7 | Feb 2, 2025 | Nov 23, 2025 | 230 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Apr 28, 2025 | Feb 18, 2026 | 143 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.9 | 8.9 | Jul 21, 2025 | May 10, 2026 | 62 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.0 | 9.0.0 | Nov 9, 2025 | Aug 23, 2026 | 43 days remaining | Warning |
| 9.1 | 9.1.0 | Jan 25, 2026 | Nov 22, 2026 | 134 days remaining | Warning |
| 9.2 | 9.2.0 | May 3, 2026 | Feb 28, 2027 | 232 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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