OPNsense End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all OPNsense versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.1 | 15.1.12 | Jan 2, 2015 | Jul 2, 2015 | 4009 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.7 | 15.7.25 | Jul 2, 2015 | Jan 28, 2016 | 3799 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.1 | 16.1.20 | Jan 28, 2016 | Jul 26, 2016 | 3619 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.7 | 16.7.14 | Jul 26, 2016 | Jan 27, 2017 | 3434 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.1 | 17.1.11 | Jan 27, 2017 | Jul 26, 2017 | 3254 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.7 | 17.7.12 | Jul 26, 2017 | Jan 26, 2018 | 3070 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.1 | 18.1.13 | Jan 26, 2018 | Jul 29, 2018 | 2886 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.7 | 18.7.10 | Jul 29, 2018 | Jan 28, 2019 | 2703 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.1 | 19.1.10 | Jan 28, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 | 2535 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.7 | 19.7.10 | Jul 15, 2019 | Jan 29, 2020 | 2337 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.1 | 20.1.9 | Jan 29, 2020 | Jul 28, 2020 | 2156 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.7 | 20.7.8 | Jul 28, 2020 | Jan 26, 2021 | 1974 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.1 | 21.1.9 | Jan 26, 2021 | Jul 23, 2021 | 1796 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.7 | 21.7.8 | Jul 23, 2021 | Jan 25, 2022 | 1610 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22.1 | 22.1.10 | Jan 25, 2022 | Jul 25, 2022 | 1429 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22.7 | 22.7.11 | Jul 25, 2022 | Jan 25, 2023 | 1245 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23.1 | 23.1.11 | Jan 25, 2023 | Jul 28, 2023 | 1061 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23.7 | 23.7.12 | Jul 28, 2023 | Jan 26, 2024 | 879 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24.1 | 24.1.10 | Jan 26, 2024 | Jul 25, 2024 | 698 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24.7 | 24.7.12 | Jul 23, 2024 | Jan 28, 2025 | 511 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25.1 | 25.1.12 | Jan 28, 2025 | Jul 23, 2025 | 335 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25.7 | 25.7.11 | Jul 22, 2025 | Jan 28, 2026 | 146 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26.1 | 26.1.10 | Jan 28, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does OPNsense end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of OPNsense 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 OPNsense 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.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL OPNsense versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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