LDAP Account Manager End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all LDAP Account Manager versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
LDAP Account Manager 9.6 is supported, with no end-of-life or end-of-support date announced yet. 11 of 12 tracked LDAP Account Manager versions are past end of life; the most recent to reach it, 9.5, did so on June 12, 2026. The full LDAP Account Manager lifecycle, with every version's release and end-of-support date, is in the table below.
Running an EOL version? Get matched with support options — free ↓| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | 8.5 | Sep 29, 2023 | Dec 18, 2023 | 1010 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.6 | 8.6 | Dec 18, 2023 | Mar 16, 2024 | 921 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.7 | 8.7 | Mar 16, 2024 | Jun 22, 2024 | 823 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Jun 22, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 | 729 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.9 | 8.9 | Sep 24, 2024 | Dec 17, 2024 | 645 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.0 | 9.0 | Dec 17, 2024 | Mar 13, 2025 | 559 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.1 | 9.1 | Mar 13, 2025 | Jun 6, 2025 | 474 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.2 | 9.2 | Jun 6, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 | 373 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.3 | 9.3 | Sep 15, 2025 | Dec 13, 2025 | 284 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.4 | 9.4 | Dec 13, 2025 | Mar 17, 2026 | 190 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.5 | 9.5.2 | Mar 17, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | 103 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.6 | 9.6.1 | Jun 12, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
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LDAP Account Manager release and support pattern
Across the 12 release lines with a published release date, LDAP Account Manager has shipped a new line roughly every 3 months (median interval). A line typically stays supported for about 3 months from its release to its end-of-life date (measured on the 11 lines with both dates published).
Of the 12 release lines tracked, 11 are past end of life and 1 is still within support. The newest line, 9.6, was released June 12, 2026. No end-of-life date is currently published for the 1 supported line.
Computed from the tracked release data at every build — the figures above are the dates in the table, restated, not an editorial estimate.
What does LDAP Account Manager end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of LDAP Account Manager 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no vendor patch is coming. This is one of the most dangerous gaps in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL LDAP Account Manager 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.
Your options when LDAP Account Manager reaches end of life
There are four realistic paths. Which one is right depends far more on how long the system needs to keep running than on the version you are on today.
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Move to a supported version | The system will outlive the current version's support window and you can schedule the work | Budget for compatibility testing, not just the upgrade itself — that is where the real cost sits |
| Replace the component | The project is unmaintained, or a better-supported alternative exists | The replacement has its own lifecycle and its own end-of-life date — you are changing vendors, not escaping the problem |
| Buy extended support | Migration is genuinely underway but cannot finish before the deadline, or the workload is frozen by certification or a third-party application | A bridge, not a destination — every year purchased is a year the migration still has to happen |
| Document accepted risk | The system is isolated, short-lived, or scheduled for retirement | Only defensible with real compensating controls and a written decision — auditors treat undocumented end-of-life software as a finding |
How to choose, in one question: how many more years does this system need to run? Under a year, extended support (where it exists) is usually cheaper than an emergency migration. One to three years, migrate — support purchased repeatedly costs more than doing the project once, and the project only gets harder as the version ages. Indefinitely, migrate now and plan the next migration before it surprises you.
Worth saying plainly, because vendors selling extended support rarely will: extended support is often the more expensive choice over a multi-year horizon. It is the right answer when a deadline is genuinely unreachable, not as a default. Compare the annual fee against the one-time cost of migrating before committing to either.
Formalizing decisions like this across your estate? Our free EOL policy template is a ready-to-adopt policy with risk tiers, remediation SLAs, and audit mapping — no signup, free to use and share.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL LDAP Account Manager versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
LDAP Account Manager has 11 versions past end of life — security patches have stopped, but CVE disclosures haven't. Extended support past the official date exists for many products in this position — whether it exists for LDAP Account Manager is exactly what we check. Tell us where to reach you and we'll reply with matched options and pricing guidance — or an honest "no vendor covers this."