iPad (1st generation) End of Life Date
iPad (1st generation) 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.
iPad 1 was released on April 3, 2010 and support ended on September 19, 2012 — a supported lifespan of 2 years and 6 months, shorter than the 9 years median for iPad releases. It has been without security patches for 14 years. 42 newer iPad releases have shipped since.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| → iPad (1st generation) | — | Sep 19, 2012 | EOL |
| iPad 2 | — | Jul 22, 2019 | EOL |
| iPad (3rd generation) | — | Jul 22, 2019 | EOL |
| iPad (4th generation) | — | Jul 22, 2019 | EOL |
| iPad Mini (1st generation) | — | Jul 22, 2019 | EOL |
| iPad Air (1st generation) | — | Jan 23, 2023 | EOL |
| iPad Mini 2 | — | Jan 23, 2023 | EOL |
| iPad Air 2 | — | Sep 16, 2024 | EOL |
What does iPad (1st generation) end of life mean?
When iPad (1st generation) 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 iPad (1st generation) past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to iPad Air 11-inch (M4) or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.