SonarQube Community End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all SonarQube Community versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7.9.6 | Feb 2, 2018 | May 4, 2021 | 1876 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | 8.9.10.61524 | Oct 15, 2019 | Feb 7, 2023 | 1232 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | 9.9.8.100196 | Jul 5, 2021 | Jan 20, 2025 | 519 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10 | 10.7.0.96327 | Mar 30, 2023 | Dec 2, 2024 | 568 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24 | 24.12.0.100206 | Dec 2, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | 532 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25 | 25.12.0.117093 | Jan 7, 2025 | Jan 6, 2026 | 168 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26 | 26.6.0.123539 | Jan 6, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does SonarQube Community end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of SonarQube Community 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 SonarQube Community 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
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL SonarQube Community versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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