Electron 14 End of Life Date
Electron 14 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Electron 14 was released on August 31, 2021 and support ended on March 29, 2022 — a supported lifespan of 7 months, in line with the 6 months median for Electron releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 14.2.9, published March 30, 2022 — 1 day after the published end-of-life date. It has been without security patches for 4 years and 4 months. 25 newer Electron releases have shipped since.
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When Electron 14 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 Electron 14 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to a supported version or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.