Microsoft Surface Surface Book 3 End of Life Date
Microsoft Surface Surface Book 3 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Microsoft Surface book-3 was released on May 26, 2020 and support ended on April 1, 2025 — a supported lifespan of 4 years and 10 months, shorter than the 6 years median for Microsoft Surface releases. It has been without security patches for 1 year and 4 months. 3 newer Microsoft Surface releases have shipped since.
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Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface RT | — | Apr 11, 2017 | EOL |
| Surface Pro | — | Apr 11, 2017 | EOL |
| Surface Pro 2 | — | Apr 10, 2018 | EOL |
| Surface 2 | — | Apr 10, 2018 | EOL |
| Surface Pro 3 | — | Nov 13, 2021 | EOL |
| Surface 3 | — | Nov 13, 2021 | EOL |
| Surface Hub 84 | — | Nov 30, 2022 | EOL |
| Surface Hub 55 | — | Nov 30, 2022 | EOL |
What does Microsoft Surface Surface Book 3 end of life mean?
When Microsoft Surface Surface Book 3 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 Microsoft Surface Surface Book 3 past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
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