Microsoft Surface Surface Pro with LTE Advanced (5th gen) End of Life Date
Microsoft Surface Surface Pro with LTE Advanced (5th gen) end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data reconciled from official vendor documentation and endoflife.date at every build; the source of each date is on the product page.
Microsoft Surface pro-with-lte-advanced-5th-gen was released on December 1, 2017 and support ended on January 15, 2024 — a supported lifespan of 6 years and 2 months, in line with the 6 years median for Microsoft Surface releases. It has been without security patches for 2 years and 8 months. 16 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 Pro with LTE Advanced (5th gen) end of life mean?
When Microsoft Surface Surface Pro with LTE Advanced (5th gen) 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running Microsoft Surface Surface Pro with LTE Advanced (5th gen) past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Microsoft Surface Surface Pro 12th Edition (Snapdragon) or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.