SUSE Manager End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all SUSE Manager versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 1.7.6 | Aug 9, 2012 | Jun 30, 2015 | 4011 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.1 | 2.1.19 | Jun 2, 2014 | Jan 31, 2017 | 3430 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.0 | 3.0.12 | Apr 5, 2016 | Oct 31, 2018 | 2792 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.1 | 3.1.11 | Jun 27, 2017 | Jun 30, 2019 | 2550 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | 3.2.15 | Jun 25, 2018 | Sep 30, 2020 | 2092 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | 4.0.14 | Jun 26, 2019 | Jun 30, 2021 | 1819 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | 4.1.15 | Jul 21, 2020 | Oct 31, 2022 | 1331 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | 4.2.14 | Jun 21, 2021 | Oct 31, 2023 | 966 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.3 LTS | 4.3.17 | Jun 20, 2022 | Jun 30, 2025 | 358 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | 5.0.7 | Jul 16, 2024 | Jun 30, 2026 | 7 days remaining | Warning |
| 5.1 | 5.1.2 | Jul 31, 2025 | Jul 31, 2027 | 403 days remaining | Active |
What does SUSE Manager end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of SUSE Manager 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 SUSE Manager 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 SUSE Manager versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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