Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Exim versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.50 | 4.50 | Feb 17, 2005 | May 4, 2005 | 7675 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.51 | 4.51 | May 4, 2005 | Jul 1, 2005 | 7617 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.52 | 4.52 | Jul 1, 2005 | Sep 26, 2005 | 7530 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.53 | 4.53 | Sep 26, 2005 | Oct 4, 2005 | 7522 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.54 | 4.54 | Oct 4, 2005 | Apr 5, 2006 | 7339 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.61 | 4.61 | Apr 4, 2006 | Apr 29, 2006 | 7315 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.62 | 4.62 | Apr 28, 2006 | Aug 1, 2006 | 7221 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.63 | 4.63 | Jul 31, 2006 | Dec 20, 2006 | 7080 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.64 | 4.64 | Dec 20, 2006 | Jan 2, 2007 | 7067 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.65 | 4.65 | Jan 2, 2007 | Jan 8, 2007 | 7061 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.66 | 4.66 | Jan 8, 2007 | Apr 18, 2007 | 6961 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.67 | 4.67 | Apr 17, 2007 | Aug 31, 2007 | 6826 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.68 | 4.68 | Aug 30, 2007 | Dec 2, 2007 | 6733 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.69 | 4.69 | Dec 1, 2007 | Nov 14, 2009 | 6020 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.70 | 4.70 | Nov 13, 2009 | Nov 24, 2009 | 6010 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.71 | 4.71 | Nov 23, 2009 | Jun 3, 2010 | 5819 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.72 | 4.72 | Jun 3, 2010 | Dec 27, 2010 | 5612 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.73 | 4.73 | Dec 26, 2010 | Jan 25, 2011 | 5583 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.74 | 4.74 | Jan 24, 2011 | Mar 22, 2011 | 5527 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.75 | 4.75 | Mar 22, 2011 | May 9, 2011 | 5479 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.76 | 4.76 | May 9, 2011 | Oct 10, 2011 | 5325 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.77 | 4.77 | Oct 10, 2011 | May 31, 2012 | 5091 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.80 | 4.80.1 | May 31, 2012 | Oct 28, 2013 | 4576 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.82 | 4.82.1 | Oct 28, 2013 | Jul 21, 2014 | 4310 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.83 | 4.83 | Jul 21, 2014 | Aug 11, 2014 | 4289 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.84 | 4.84.2 | Aug 11, 2014 | Jan 12, 2015 | 4135 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.85 | 4.85.2 | Jan 12, 2015 | Jul 26, 2015 | 3940 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.86 | 4.86.2 | Jul 26, 2015 | Apr 6, 2016 | 3685 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.87 | 4.87.1 | Apr 6, 2016 | Dec 18, 2016 | 3429 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.88 | 4.88 | Dec 18, 2016 | Mar 7, 2017 | 3350 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.89 | 4.89.1 | Mar 7, 2017 | Dec 19, 2017 | 3063 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.90 | 4.90.1 | Dec 19, 2017 | Apr 15, 2018 | 2946 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.91 | 4.91 | Apr 15, 2018 | Feb 10, 2019 | 2645 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.92 | 4.92.3 | Feb 10, 2019 | Dec 8, 2019 | 2344 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.93 | 4.93.0.4 | Dec 8, 2019 | Jun 1, 2020 | 2168 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.94 | 4.94.2 | Jun 1, 2020 | Sep 28, 2021 | 1684 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.95 | 4.95 | Sep 28, 2021 | Jun 25, 2022 | 1414 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.96 | 4.96.2 | Jun 25, 2022 | Nov 4, 2023 | 917 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.97 | 4.97.1 | Nov 4, 2023 | Jul 10, 2024 | 668 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.98 | 4.98.2 | Jul 10, 2024 | Oct 28, 2025 | 193 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.99 | 4.99.1 | Oct 28, 2025 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Exim version 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 Exim 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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