Nutanix Prism 5.10 End of Life Date
Nutanix Prism 5.10 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Nutanix Prism 5.10 was released on November 30, 2018 and support ended on November 30, 2019 — a supported lifespan of 1 year, longer than the 8 months median for Nutanix Prism releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 5.10.6, published November 30, 2018 — 1 year before support ended. It has been without security patches for 6 years and 9 months. 25 newer Nutanix Prism releases have shipped since.
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Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| → 5.10 | 5.10.6 | Nov 30, 2019 | EOL |
| 5.11 | 5.11.3 | Apr 30, 2020 | EOL |
| 5.16 | 5.16.2 | Aug 31, 2020 | EOL |
| 5.17 | 5.17.1.1 | Nov 30, 2020 | EOL |
| pc.2020.7 | pc.2020.7 | Jan 31, 2021 | EOL |
| pc.2020.8 | pc.2020.8.0.1 | Mar 31, 2021 | EOL |
| pc.2020.9 | pc.2020.9.0.1 | May 31, 2021 | EOL |
| pc.2020.11 | pc.2020.11.0.1 | Jul 31, 2021 | EOL |
What does Nutanix Prism 5.10 end of life mean?
When Nutanix Prism 5.10 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: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running Nutanix Prism 5.10 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Nutanix Prism pc.7.6 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.