Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Mageia versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jun 1, 2011 | Dec 1, 2012 | 4907 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2 | 2 | May 22, 2012 | Nov 22, 2013 | 4551 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3 | 3 | May 19, 2013 | Nov 26, 2014 | 4182 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | 4 | Feb 1, 2014 | Sep 19, 2015 | 3885 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | 5 | Jun 20, 2015 | Dec 31, 2017 | 3051 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6 | Jul 16, 2017 | Sep 30, 2019 | 2413 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | 7 | Jul 1, 2019 | Jun 30, 2021 | 1774 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | 8 | Feb 26, 2021 | Nov 30, 2023 | 891 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | 9 | Aug 27, 2023 | Mar 31, 2025 | 404 days past EOL | EOL |
When a Mageia 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 Mageia 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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