Red Hat Satellite End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Red Hat Satellite versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 6.0.8 | Sep 10, 2014 | Feb 21, 2018 | 3044 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.12 | Aug 12, 2015 | Oct 30, 2018 | 2793 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.2 | 6.2.16 | Jul 27, 2016 | May 31, 2019 | 2580 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.3 | 6.3.5 | Feb 21, 2018 | May 31, 2019 | 2580 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.4 | 6.4.4 | Oct 16, 2018 | Apr 30, 2020 | 2245 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.5 | 6.5.3 | May 14, 2019 | Oct 31, 2020 | 2061 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.6 | 6.6.3 | Oct 22, 2019 | May 14, 2021 | 1866 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.7 | 6.7.5 | Apr 14, 2020 | Nov 30, 2021 | 1666 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.8 | 6.8.6 | Oct 27, 2020 | Jul 31, 2022 | 1423 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.9 | 6.9.10 | Apr 21, 2021 | Nov 30, 2022 | 1301 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.10 | 6.10.7.2 | Nov 16, 2021 | May 31, 2023 | 1119 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.11 | 6.11.5.7 | Jul 5, 2022 | Jan 31, 2024 | 874 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.12 | 6.12.5.3 | Nov 16, 2022 | May 31, 2024 | 753 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.13 | 6.13.7.3 | May 3, 2023 | Nov 30, 2024 | 570 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.14 | 6.14.4.5 | Nov 8, 2023 | May 31, 2025 | 388 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.15 | 6.15.5.8 | Apr 23, 2024 | Nov 30, 2025 | 205 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.16 | 6.16.8 | Nov 5, 2024 | May 31, 2026 | 23 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.17 | 6.17.8 | May 6, 2025 | Nov 30, 2026 | 160 days remaining | Warning |
| 6.18 | 6.18.5 | Nov 4, 2025 | May 1, 2027 | 312 days remaining | Active |
| 6.19 | 6.19.1 | May 6, 2026 | Nov 1, 2027 | 496 days remaining | Active |
What does Red Hat Satellite end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Red Hat Satellite 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 Red Hat Satellite 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
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