macOS 11 End of Life Date
macOS 11 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.
macOS 11 was released on November 12, 2020 and support ended on February 2, 2026 — a supported lifespan of 5 years and 3 months, longer than the 2 years and 11 months median for macOS releases. Its latest release on record is 11.7.11, published February 2, 2026 — on the day support ended. It has been past its end-of-life date for 9 months. 1 newer macOS release has shipped since.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) | 10.0.4 | Jun 22, 2001 | EOL |
| Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma) | 10.1.5 | Jun 6, 2002 | EOL |
| Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) | 10.2.8 | Oct 3, 2003 | EOL |
| Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) | 10.3.9 | Apr 15, 2005 | EOL |
| Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) | 10.4.11 | Nov 14, 2007 | EOL |
| Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) | 10.5.8 | Aug 13, 2009 | EOL |
| Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) | 10.6.8 | Jul 25, 2011 | EOL |
| Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) | 10.7.5 | Oct 4, 2012 | EOL |
What does macOS 11 end of life mean?
When macOS 11 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 macOS 11 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to macOS 27 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.