Fedora 42 (Adams) End of Life Date
Fedora 42 (Adams) 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.
Fedora 42 was released on April 15, 2025 and support ended on May 27, 2026 — a supported lifespan of 1 year and 1 month, in line with the 1 year and 1 month median for Fedora releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 42, published April 15, 2025 — 1 year and 1 month before support ended. It has been without security patches for 4 months.
Commercial vendors offer security patches beyond EOL. Compare your options.
Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Yarrow) | 1 | Sep 20, 2004 | EOL |
| 2 (Tettnang) | 2 | Apr 11, 2005 | EOL |
| 3 (Heidelberg) | 3 | Jan 16, 2006 | EOL |
| 4 (Stentz) | 4 | Aug 7, 2006 | EOL |
| 5 (Bordeaux) | 5 | Jul 2, 2007 | EOL |
| 6 (Zod) | 6 | Dec 7, 2007 | EOL |
| 7 (Moonshine) | 7 | Jun 13, 2008 | EOL |
| 8 (Werewolf) | 8 | Jan 7, 2009 | EOL |
What does Fedora 42 (Adams) end of life mean?
When Fedora 42 (Adams) 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 Fedora 42 (Adams) past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Fedora 44 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.