Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Netbsd versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.6.2 | Oct 26, 1994 | May 17, 2006 | 7297 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2 | 2.1 | Dec 9, 2004 | Aug 21, 2008 | 6470 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3 | 3.1 | Dec 23, 2005 | May 30, 2009 | 6188 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | 4.0.1 | Dec 19, 2007 | Supported indefinitely | Supported | Active |
| 5 | 5.2.3 | Apr 29, 2009 | Nov 11, 2015 | 3832 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6.1.5 | Oct 17, 2012 | Aug 23, 2018 | 2816 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | 7.2 | Sep 25, 2015 | Jun 30, 2020 | 2139 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | 8.3 | Jul 17, 2018 | May 4, 2024 | 735 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | 9.4 | Feb 14, 2020 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 10 | 10.1 | Mar 28, 2024 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Netbsd 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 Netbsd 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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