Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Openwrt versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.01 | 17.01.7 | Feb 20, 2017 | Feb 1, 2019 | 2654 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.06 | 18.06.9 | Jul 30, 2018 | Jul 1, 2021 | 1773 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.07 | 19.07.10 | Jan 6, 2020 | Apr 30, 2022 | 1470 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.02 | 21.02.7 | Sep 1, 2021 | Apr 30, 2023 | 1105 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22.03 | 22.03.7 | Sep 3, 2022 | Apr 11, 2024 | 758 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23.05 | 23.05.6 | Oct 11, 2023 | Aug 16, 2025 | 266 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24.10 | 24.10.6 | Feb 4, 2025 | Sep 5, 2026 | 119 days remaining | Warning |
| 25.12 | 25.12.3 | Mar 5, 2026 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Openwrt 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 Openwrt 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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