NVIDIA R418-Windows End of Life Date
NVIDIA R418-Windows end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
NVIDIA r418-windows was released on February 4, 2019 and support ended on March 1, 2022 — a supported lifespan of 3 years and 1 month, in line with the 3 years and 1 month median for NVIDIA LTS releases. It was a long-term support (LTS) release, so it received a longer patch window than the interim releases around it. The last patch it will ever receive is 427.45, published April 20, 2021 — 11 months before support ended. It has been without security patches for 4 years and 5 months. 31 newer NVIDIA releases have shipped since.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R390-Linux LTS | 390.157 | Nov 22, 2022 | EOL |
| R390-Windows LTS | 392.68 | Oct 26, 2021 | EOL |
| R418-Linux LTS | 418.197.02 | Mar 1, 2022 | EOL |
| → R418-Windows LTS | 427.45 | Mar 1, 2022 | EOL |
| R450-Linux LTS | 450.248.02 | Jul 1, 2023 | EOL |
| R450-Windows LTS | 454.23 | Jul 1, 2023 | EOL |
| R460-Windows (PB) | 463.15 | Jan 1, 2022 | EOL |
| R460-Linux (PB) | 460.106.00 | Jan 1, 2022 | EOL |
What does NVIDIA R418-Windows end of life mean?
When NVIDIA R418-Windows 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 NVIDIA R418-Windows past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to NVIDIA R610-Windows (NFB) or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.