Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Pop Os versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.10 | — | Oct 27, 2017 | Jul 29, 2018 | 2841 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.04 LTS | — | Apr 30, 2018 | Apr 30, 2023 | 1105 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.10 | — | Oct 19, 2018 | Jul 19, 2019 | 2486 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.04 | — | Apr 20, 2019 | Jan 18, 2020 | 2303 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.10 | — | Oct 19, 2019 | Jul 29, 2020 | 2110 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.04 LTS | — | Apr 30, 2020 | Apr 30, 2025 | 374 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.10 | — | Oct 23, 2020 | Sep 28, 2021 | 1684 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.04 | — | Jun 29, 2021 | Mar 13, 2022 | 1518 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.10 | — | Dec 14, 2021 | Jul 24, 2022 | 1385 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22.04 LTS | — | Apr 25, 2022 | Apr 25, 2027 | 351 days remaining | Active |
| 24.04 LTS | — | Dec 11, 2025 | May 31, 2029 | 1118 days remaining | Active |
When a Pop Os 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 Pop 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.
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