PAN-OS End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all PAN-OS versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | — | Nov 15, 2007 | Nov 20, 2008 | 6424 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.0 | — | May 20, 2008 | May 20, 2009 | 6243 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.1 | — | Jan 5, 2009 | Jan 5, 2012 | 5283 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.0 | — | Jun 17, 2009 | Dec 17, 2010 | 5667 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.1 | — | Mar 15, 2010 | Jun 30, 2013 | 4741 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | — | Feb 22, 2011 | Dec 31, 2014 | 4192 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | — | Oct 31, 2011 | Apr 30, 2015 | 4072 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | — | Nov 13, 2012 | Nov 13, 2016 | 3509 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 | — | May 9, 2013 | May 9, 2017 | 3332 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | 6.0.15 | Jan 19, 2014 | Mar 19, 2017 | 3383 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.22 | Oct 25, 2014 | Oct 25, 2018 | 2798 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | 7.0.19 | Jun 4, 2015 | Dec 4, 2017 | 3123 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | 7.1.26 | Mar 29, 2016 | Jun 30, 2020 | 2184 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.0 | 8.0.20 | Jan 29, 2017 | Oct 31, 2019 | 2427 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.1 | 8.1.24 | Mar 1, 2018 | Mar 1, 2022 | 1575 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.0 | 9.0.17-h5 | Feb 6, 2019 | Mar 1, 2022 | 1575 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.0-xfr | 9.0-XFR (VM-Series only) | Sep 19, 2019 | Sep 19, 2020 | 2103 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.1 | 9.1.19 | Dec 13, 2019 | Jun 30, 2024 | 723 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.0 | 10.0.12-h6 | Jul 16, 2020 | Jul 16, 2022 | 1438 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.1 | 10.1.14-h20 | May 31, 2021 | Dec 1, 2024 | 569 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.2 | 10.2.18-h7 | Feb 27, 2022 | Aug 27, 2025 | 300 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.0 | 11.0.6-h1 | Nov 17, 2022 | Nov 17, 2024 | 583 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.1 | 11.1.15 | Nov 3, 2023 | May 3, 2027 | 314 days remaining | Active |
| 11.2 | 11.2.12 | May 2, 2024 | May 2, 2027 | 313 days remaining | Active |
| 12.1 | 12.1.7 | Aug 28, 2025 | Aug 28, 2028 | 797 days remaining | Active |
What does PAN-OS end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of PAN-OS 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 PAN-OS 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 PAN-OS versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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