Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ubuntu versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.10 | 4.10 | Oct 20, 2004 | Apr 30, 2006 | 7314 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.04 | 5.04 | Apr 8, 2005 | Oct 31, 2006 | 7130 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.10 | 5.10 | Oct 13, 2005 | Apr 13, 2007 | 6966 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.06 LTS | 6.06.2 | Aug 10, 2006 | Jun 1, 2011 | 5456 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.10 | 6.10 | Oct 26, 2006 | Apr 26, 2008 | 6587 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.04 | 7.04 | Apr 19, 2007 | Oct 19, 2008 | 6411 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.10 | 7.10 | Oct 18, 2007 | Apr 18, 2009 | 6230 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.04 LTS | 8.04.4 | Apr 24, 2008 | May 9, 2013 | 4748 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.10 | 8.10 | Oct 30, 2008 | Apr 30, 2010 | 5853 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.04 | 9.04 | Apr 23, 2009 | Oct 23, 2010 | 5677 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9.10 | 9.10 | Oct 29, 2009 | Apr 30, 2011 | 5488 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.04 LTS | 10.04.4 | Apr 29, 2010 | May 9, 2013 | 4748 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10.10 | 10.10 | Oct 10, 2010 | Apr 10, 2012 | 5142 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.04 | 11.04 | Apr 28, 2011 | Oct 28, 2012 | 4941 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11.10 | 11.10 | Oct 13, 2011 | May 9, 2013 | 4748 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.04 LTS | 12.04.5 | Apr 26, 2012 | Apr 28, 2017 | 3298 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.10 | 12.10 | Oct 18, 2012 | May 16, 2014 | 4376 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.04 | 13.04 | Apr 25, 2013 | Jan 27, 2014 | 4485 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13.10 | 13.10 | Oct 17, 2013 | Jul 17, 2014 | 4314 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.04 LTS | 14.04.6 | Apr 17, 2014 | Apr 2, 2019 | 2594 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14.10 | 14.10 | Oct 23, 2014 | Jul 23, 2015 | 3943 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.04 | 15.04 | Apr 23, 2015 | Feb 4, 2016 | 3747 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15.10 | 15.10 | Oct 22, 2015 | Jul 28, 2016 | 3572 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.04 LTS | 16.04.7 | Apr 21, 2016 | Apr 2, 2021 | 1863 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16.10 | 16.10 | Oct 13, 2016 | Jul 20, 2017 | 3215 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.04 | 17.04 | Apr 13, 2017 | Jan 13, 2018 | 3038 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17.10 | 17.10 | Oct 19, 2017 | Jul 19, 2018 | 2851 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.04 LTS | 18.04.6 | Apr 26, 2018 | May 31, 2023 | 1074 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.10 | 18.10 | Oct 18, 2018 | Jul 18, 2019 | 2487 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.04 | 19.04 | Apr 18, 2019 | Jan 23, 2020 | 2298 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.10 | 19.10 | Oct 17, 2019 | Jul 6, 2020 | 2133 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.04 LTS | 20.04.6 | Apr 23, 2020 | May 31, 2025 | 343 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.10 | 20.10 | Oct 22, 2020 | Jul 22, 2021 | 1752 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.04 | 21.04 | Apr 22, 2021 | Jan 20, 2022 | 1570 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.10 | 21.10 | Oct 14, 2021 | Jul 14, 2022 | 1395 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22.04 LTS | 22.04.5 | Apr 21, 2022 | Apr 1, 2027 | 327 days remaining | Active |
| 22.10 | 22.10 | Oct 20, 2022 | Jul 20, 2023 | 1024 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23.04 | 23.04 | Apr 20, 2023 | Jan 20, 2024 | 840 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23.10 | 23.10 | Oct 12, 2023 | Jul 12, 2024 | 666 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24.04 LTS | 24.04.4 | Apr 25, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | 1118 days remaining | Active |
| 24.10 | 24.10 | Oct 10, 2024 | Jul 10, 2025 | 303 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25.04 | 25.04 | Apr 17, 2025 | Jan 17, 2026 | 112 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25.10 | 25.10 | Oct 9, 2025 | Jul 1, 2026 | 53 days remaining | Warning |
| 26.04 LTS | 26.04 | Apr 23, 2026 | Apr 30, 2031 | 1817 days remaining | Active |
When a Ubuntu version 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 Ubuntu 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.
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Ubuntu versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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