iOS 13 End of Life Date
iOS 13 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
iOS 13 was released on September 19, 2019 and support ended on September 16, 2020 — a supported lifespan of 1 year, in line with the 1 year and 1 month median for iOS releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 13.7, published September 1, 2020 — 15 days before support ended. It has been without security patches for 5 years and 11 months. 5 newer iOS releases have shipped since.
What does iOS 13 end of life mean?
When iOS 13 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 iOS 13 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to iOS 26 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.