Fairphone Fairphone 6 End of Life Date
Fairphone Fairphone 6 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Fairphone 6 was released on June 25, 2025 and support is scheduled to end on June 25, 2033 — a planned supported lifespan of 8 years, in line with the 7 years median for Fairphone releases.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairphone 1 | — | Jul 13, 2017 | EOL |
| Fairphone 2 | — | Mar 7, 2023 | EOL |
| Fairphone 3 | — | Sep 30, 2026 | Warning |
| Fairphone 3+ | — | Sep 30, 2026 | Warning |
| Fairphone 4 | — | Sep 1, 2028 | Active |
| Fairphone 5 | — | Sep 14, 2031 | Active |
| → Fairphone 6 | — | Jun 25, 2033 | Active |
What does Fairphone Fairphone 6 end of life mean?
When Fairphone Fairphone 6 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 Fairphone Fairphone 6 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Fairphone Fairphone 6 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.