Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Istio versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 1.7.8 | Aug 21, 2020 | Feb 25, 2021 | 1899 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.8 | 1.8.6 | Nov 19, 2020 | May 12, 2021 | 1823 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.9 | 1.9.9 | Feb 9, 2021 | Oct 8, 2021 | 1674 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.10 | 1.10.6 | May 18, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | 1583 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.11 | 1.11.8 | Aug 12, 2021 | Mar 25, 2022 | 1506 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.12 | 1.12.9 | Nov 18, 2021 | Jul 12, 2022 | 1397 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.13 | 1.13.9 | Feb 11, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 | 1305 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.14 | 1.14.6 | Jun 1, 2022 | Dec 27, 2022 | 1229 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.15 | 1.15.7 | Aug 31, 2022 | Apr 4, 2023 | 1131 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.16 | 1.16.7 | Nov 15, 2022 | Jul 25, 2023 | 1019 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.17 | 1.17.8 | Feb 14, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 | 925 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.18 | 1.18.7 | Jun 7, 2023 | Jan 4, 2024 | 856 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.19 | 1.19.10 | Sep 5, 2023 | Apr 24, 2024 | 745 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.20 | 1.20.8 | Nov 14, 2023 | Jun 25, 2024 | 683 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.21 | 1.21.6 | Mar 13, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | 589 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.22 | 1.22.8 | May 13, 2024 | Jan 22, 2025 | 472 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.23 | 1.23.6 | Aug 14, 2024 | Apr 16, 2025 | 388 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.24 | 1.24.6 | Nov 7, 2024 | Jun 24, 2025 | 319 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.25 | 1.25.5 | Mar 3, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 221 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.26 | 1.26.8 | May 8, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | 138 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.27 | 1.27.9 | Aug 11, 2025 | Apr 7, 2026 | 32 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.28 | 1.28.6 | Nov 5, 2025 | May 31, 2026 | 22 days remaining | Warning |
| 1.29 | 1.29.2 | Feb 16, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | 114 days remaining | Warning |
When a Istio 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 Istio 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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