Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Salt versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014.7 | 2014.7.9 | Jul 15, 2014 | May 31, 2016 | 3630 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2015.5 | 2015.5.11 | May 6, 2015 | Nov 30, 2016 | 3447 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2015.8 | 2015.8.13 | Jul 2, 2015 | Mar 31, 2017 | 3326 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2016.3 | 2016.3.8 | Feb 2, 2016 | Nov 30, 2017 | 3082 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2017.7 | 2017.7.8 | Jun 14, 2017 | Aug 30, 2019 | 2444 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2018.3 | 2018.3.5 | Feb 22, 2018 | Oct 31, 2019 | 2382 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2019.2 | 2019.2.8 | Jan 7, 2019 | Sep 30, 2020 | 2047 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3000 | 3000.9 | Feb 1, 2020 | Aug 31, 2021 | 1712 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3001 | 3001.8 | Jun 9, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | 1590 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3002 | 3002.9 | Oct 20, 2020 | Apr 21, 2022 | 1479 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3003 | 3003.5 | Mar 23, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | 1317 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3004 | 3004.2 | Oct 12, 2021 | Apr 18, 2023 | 1117 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3005 | 3005.5 | Aug 22, 2022 | Feb 25, 2024 | 804 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3006 LTS | 3006.24 | Apr 18, 2023 | Jul 31, 2027 | 448 days remaining | Active |
| 3007 | 3007.14 | Mar 6, 2024 | Jul 31, 2026 | 83 days remaining | Warning |
When a Salt 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 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.
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