Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ipados versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 12.5.8 | Sep 17, 2018 | Sep 24, 2019 | 2419 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | 13.6 | Sep 24, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | 2061 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | 14.8.1 | Sep 16, 2020 | Oct 1, 2021 | 1681 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15 | 15.8.7 | Sep 20, 2021 | Mar 31, 2025 | 404 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16 | 16.7.15 | Oct 24, 2022 | Mar 31, 2025 | 404 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17 | 17.7.10 | Sep 18, 2023 | Sep 15, 2025 | 236 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18 | 18.7.8 | Sep 16, 2024 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 26 | 26.4.2 | Sep 15, 2025 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Ipados 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 Ipados 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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