Salt 3006 End of Life Date
Salt 3006 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Salt 3006 was released on April 18, 2023 and support is scheduled to end on June 30, 2027 — a planned supported lifespan of 4 years and 2 months, longer than the 1 year and 9 months median for Salt releases. It is a long-term support (LTS) release, so it carries a longer patch window than the interim releases around it. Its most recent patch is 3006.27, published July 1, 2026.
What does Salt 3006 end of life mean?
When Salt 3006 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 Salt 3006 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
Migrate to Salt 3008 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.