Eclipse Temurin 16 End of Life Date
Eclipse Temurin 16 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.
Eclipse Temurin 16 was released on July 30, 2021 and support ended on September 30, 2021 — a supported lifespan of 2 months, shorter than the 6 months median for Eclipse Temurin releases. It was not an LTS release; Eclipse Temurin reserves longer patch windows for its LTS versions. The last patch it will ever receive is 16.0.2+7, published July 30, 2021 — 2 months before support ended. It has been without security patches for 5 years. 9 newer Eclipse Temurin releases have shipped since.
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Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 LTS | 8u504-b01 | Dec 31, 2030 | Active |
| → 16 | 16.0.2+7 | Sep 30, 2021 | EOL |
| 11 LTS | 11.0.32.1+1 | Oct 31, 2027 | Active |
| 17 LTS | 17.0.20.1+1 | Oct 31, 2027 | Active |
| 18 | 18.0.2.1+1 | Sep 30, 2022 | EOL |
| 19 | 19.0.2+7 | Mar 31, 2023 | EOL |
| 20 | 20.0.2+9 | Sep 19, 2023 | EOL |
| 21 LTS | 21.0.12.1+1 | Dec 31, 2029 | Active |
What does Eclipse Temurin 16 end of life mean?
When Eclipse Temurin 16 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 Eclipse Temurin 16 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Eclipse Temurin 25 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.