Vinyl Cache End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Vinyl Cache versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 LTS | 6.0.18 | Mar 15, 2018 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 7.0 | 7.0.3 | Sep 15, 2021 | Sep 15, 2022 | 1377 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | 7.1.2 | Mar 15, 2022 | Mar 15, 2023 | 1196 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.2 | 7.2.1 | Sep 15, 2022 | Sep 15, 2023 | 1012 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.3 | 7.3.2 | Mar 15, 2023 | Mar 15, 2024 | 830 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.4 | 7.4.3 | Sep 15, 2023 | Sep 15, 2024 | 646 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.5 | 7.5.0 | Mar 18, 2024 | Mar 15, 2025 | 465 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.6 | 7.6.5 | Sep 13, 2024 | Sep 15, 2025 | 281 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.7 | 7.7.3 | Mar 17, 2025 | Mar 15, 2026 | 100 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.0 | 8.0.2 | Sep 15, 2025 | Sep 15, 2026 | 84 days remaining | Warning |
| 9.0 | 9.0.1 | Mar 16, 2026 | Mar 16, 2027 | 266 days remaining | Active |
What does Vinyl Cache end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Vinyl Cache 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 Vinyl Cache 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 Vinyl Cache versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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