FreeBSD releng/14.5 End of Life Date
FreeBSD releng/14.5 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.
FreeBSD 14.5 was released on September 8, 2026 and support is scheduled to end on June 30, 2027 — a planned supported lifespan of 10 months, shorter than the 1 year and 3 months median for FreeBSD releases.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| releng/1.0 | — | Aug 31, 1994 | EOL |
| releng/1.1 | — | May 31, 1995 | EOL |
| releng/2.0 | — | Feb 28, 1996 | EOL |
| releng/2.1 | — | Jun 30, 1997 | EOL |
| releng/2.2 | — | Mar 31, 1998 | EOL |
| releng/3.0 | — | May 31, 1999 | EOL |
| releng/3.1 | — | Aug 31, 1999 | EOL |
| releng/3.2 | — | Dec 31, 1999 | EOL |
What does FreeBSD releng/14.5 end of life mean?
When FreeBSD releng/14.5 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 FreeBSD releng/14.5 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to FreeBSD releng/14.5 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.