Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Kde Plasma versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.18 LTS | 5.18.8 | Feb 11, 2020 | Feb 11, 2022 | 1548 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.23 | 5.23.5 | Oct 14, 2021 | Feb 3, 2022 | 1556 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.24 LTS | 5.24.7 | Feb 8, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | 1303 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.25 | 5.25.5 | Jun 14, 2022 | Oct 11, 2022 | 1306 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.26 | 5.26.5 | Oct 11, 2022 | Feb 14, 2023 | 1180 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.27 LTS | 5.27.12 | Feb 14, 2023 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 6.0 | 6.0.5 | Feb 28, 2024 | Jun 18, 2024 | 690 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.5 | Jun 18, 2024 | Oct 8, 2024 | 578 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.2 | 6.2.5 | Oct 8, 2024 | Feb 11, 2025 | 452 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.3 | 6.3.6 | Feb 11, 2025 | Jun 17, 2025 | 326 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.4 | 6.4.6 | Jun 17, 2025 | Oct 21, 2025 | 200 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.5 | 6.5.6 | Oct 21, 2025 | Feb 17, 2026 | 81 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.6 | 6.6.4 | Feb 17, 2026 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Kde Plasma 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 Kde Plasma 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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