Craft CMS 5 End of Life Date
Craft CMS 5 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
What does Craft CMS 5 end of life mean?
When Craft CMS 5 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: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running Craft CMS 5 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Craft CMS 5 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.