Spring Security End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Spring Security versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
Running an EOL version? Get matched with support options — free ↓| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Extended Support | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 4.2.20 | Jan 31, 2017 | Aug 31, 2019 | Nov 30, 2020 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
2535 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | 5.0.19 | Mar 31, 2018 | Mar 31, 2019 | Jun 30, 2020 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
2688 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 | 5.1.13 | Oct 31, 2018 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jan 31, 2021 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
2474 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.2 | 5.2.15 | Oct 1, 2019 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jan 31, 2022 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
2108 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.3 | 5.3.13 | Mar 4, 2020 | May 31, 2021 | Aug 31, 2022 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
1896 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.4 | 5.4.10 | Sep 9, 2020 | Nov 30, 2021 | Feb 28, 2023 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
1713 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.5 | 5.5.8 | May 18, 2021 | May 31, 2022 | Aug 31, 2023 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
1531 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.6 | 5.6.12 | Nov 16, 2021 | Nov 30, 2022 | Feb 29, 2024 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
1348 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.7 | 5.7.14 | May 16, 2022 | Jun 30, 2023 | Jun 30, 2029 Tanzu Spring commercial support |
1136 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.8 | 5.8.16 | Nov 21, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Jun 30, 2029 Tanzu Spring commercial support |
952 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | 6.0.8 | Nov 21, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
952 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.9 | May 15, 2023 | Jun 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2025 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
770 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.2 | 6.2.8 | Nov 20, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
586 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.3 | 6.3.10 | May 20, 2024 | Jun 30, 2025 | Jun 30, 2026 Tanzu Spring commercial support (ended) |
405 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.4 | 6.4.13 | Nov 18, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2026 Tanzu Spring commercial support |
221 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.5 | 6.5.11 | May 19, 2025 | Jun 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2032 Tanzu Spring commercial support |
40 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | 7.0.6 | Nov 17, 2025 | Dec 31, 2026 | Dec 31, 2027 Tanzu Spring commercial support |
144 days remaining | Warning |
| 7.1 | 7.1.0 | Jun 9, 2026 | Jul 31, 2027 | Jul 31, 2028 Tanzu Spring commercial support |
356 days remaining | Active |
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What does Spring Security end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Spring Security 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 Spring Security 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 Spring Security 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.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Spring Security versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
Spring Security has 16 versions past end of life — security patches have stopped, but CVE disclosures haven't. The good news: extended support for Spring Security exists — vetted vendors ship security patches for years past the official date. So far there are 130+ post-EOL CVE fixes documented in vendor release notes across the Spring ecosystem. Tell us where to reach you and we'll reply with matched options and pricing guidance.