Pop!_OS 22.04 End of Life Date
Pop!_OS 22.04 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Pop!_OS 22.04 was released on April 25, 2022 and support is scheduled to end on April 25, 2027 — a planned supported lifespan of 5 years, in line with the 5 years median for Pop!_OS LTS releases. It is a long-term support (LTS) release, so it carries a longer patch window than the interim releases around it.
What does Pop!_OS 22.04 end of life mean?
When Pop!_OS 22.04 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 Pop!_OS 22.04 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Pop!_OS 24.04 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.