Salt End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Salt versions. Data from endoflife.date, checked against the vendor's own lifecycle pages where we have read them (share on /accuracy). Updated at every deploy.
Salt 3008 is supported until June 2028, its end-of-support date. Active support for Salt 3008 ends in June 2027; security fixes continue until that end-of-life date. The next Salt version to reach end of life is 3006, in June 2027. 14 of 16 tracked Salt versions are past end of life; the most recent to reach it, 3007, did so in June 2026. The full Salt lifecycle, with every version's release and end-of-support date, is in the table below.
Running an EOL version? Get matched with support options — free ↓| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014.7 | 2014.7.9 | Jul 15, 2014 | May 31, 2016 | 3814 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2015.5 | 2015.5.11 | May 6, 2015 | Nov 30, 2016 | 3631 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2015.8 | 2015.8.13 | Jul 2, 2015 | Mar 31, 2017 | 3510 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2016.3 | 2016.3.8 | Feb 2, 2016 | Nov 30, 2017 | 3266 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2017.7 | 2017.7.8 | Jun 14, 2017 | Aug 30, 2019 | 2628 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2018.3 | 2018.3.5 | Feb 22, 2018 | Oct 31, 2019 | 2566 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2019.2 | 2019.2.8 | Jan 7, 2019 | Sep 30, 2020 | 2231 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3000 | 3000.9 | Feb 1, 2020 | Aug 31, 2021 | 1896 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3001 | 3001.8 | Jun 9, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | 1774 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3002 | 3002.9 | Oct 20, 2020 | Apr 21, 2022 | 1663 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3003 | 3003.5 | Mar 23, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | 1501 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3004 | 3004.2 | Oct 12, 2021 | Apr 18, 2023 | 1301 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3005 | 3005.5 | Aug 22, 2022 | Feb 25, 2024 | 988 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3006 LTS | 3006.30 | Apr 18, 2023 | Jun 2027 | EOL in June 2027 | Active |
| 3007 | 3007.17 | Mar 6, 2024 | Jun 2026 | EOL since June 2026 | EOL |
| 3008 LTS | 3008.5 | May 27, 2026 | Jun 2028 | EOL in June 2028 | Active |
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Salt release and support pattern
Across the 16 release lines with a published release date, Salt has shipped a new line roughly every 8 months (median interval). A line typically stays supported for about 1.7 years from its release to its end-of-life date. 2 of the 16 tracked lines are designated long-term support, which is where the longer windows sit.
Of the 16 release lines tracked, 14 are past end of life and 2 are still within support. The newest line, 3008, was released May 27, 2026. The next scheduled end of life is 3006 in June 2027 (the vendor names the month only). The longest-supported line currently published is 3008, to June 2028.
Computed from the tracked release data at every build — the figures above are the dates in the table, restated, not an editorial estimate.
Salt security intelligence
CISA KEV history: Salt is named in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog 3 times, most recently on 2021-11-03. Derived from CISA's live catalog at every build.
What does Salt end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Salt 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no vendor patch is coming. This is one of the most dangerous gaps in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Salt 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.
Your options when Salt reaches end of life
There are four realistic paths. Which one is right depends far more on how long the system needs to keep running than on the version you are on today.
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Move to a supported version | The system will outlive the current version's support window and you can schedule the work | Budget for compatibility testing, not just the upgrade itself — that is where the real cost sits |
| Replace the component | The project is unmaintained, or a better-supported alternative exists | The replacement has its own lifecycle and its own end-of-life date — you are changing vendors, not escaping the problem |
| Buy extended support | Migration is genuinely underway but cannot finish before the deadline, or the workload is frozen by certification or a third-party application | A bridge, not a destination — every year purchased is a year the migration still has to happen |
| Document accepted risk | The system is isolated, short-lived, or scheduled for retirement | Only defensible with real compensating controls and a written decision — auditors treat undocumented end-of-life software as a finding |
How to choose, in one question: how many more years does this system need to run? Under a year, extended support (where it exists) is usually cheaper than an emergency migration. One to three years, migrate — support purchased repeatedly costs more than doing the project once, and the project only gets harder as the version ages. Indefinitely, migrate now and plan the next migration before it surprises you.
Worth saying plainly, because vendors selling extended support rarely will: extended support is often the more expensive choice over a multi-year horizon. It is the right answer when a deadline is genuinely unreachable, not as a default. Compare the annual fee against the one-time cost of migrating before committing to either.
Formalizing decisions like this across your estate? Our free EOL policy template is a ready-to-adopt policy with risk tiers, remediation SLAs, and audit mapping — no signup, free to use and share.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, check whether the vendor or a third party sells extended support with security patches for your Salt version; coverage varies by product and version. Where it exists it is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
Salt has 14 versions past end of life — security patches have stopped, but CVE disclosures haven't. Extended support past the official date exists for many products in this position — whether it exists for Salt is exactly what we check. Tell us where to reach you and we'll reply with matched options and pricing guidance — or an honest "no vendor covers this."