Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Grunt versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1.0.4 | Apr 4, 2016 | Mar 16, 2020 | 2245 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.1 | 1.1.0 | Mar 16, 2020 | Jul 3, 2020 | 2136 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.2 | 1.2.1 | Jul 3, 2020 | Aug 18, 2020 | 2090 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.3 | 1.3.0 | Aug 18, 2020 | Apr 22, 2021 | 1843 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.4 | 1.4.1 | Apr 22, 2021 | Apr 10, 2022 | 1490 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.5 | 1.5.3 | Apr 10, 2022 | Jan 28, 2023 | 1197 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.6 | 1.6.2 | Jan 28, 2023 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Grunt 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 Grunt 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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