VMware Aria Operations 8.16 End of Life Date
VMware Aria Operations 8.16 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Dates read at the vendor's own lifecycle pages (support.broadcom.com); the source of each date is on the product page.
VMware Aria Operations 8.16 was released on February 20, 2024 and support ended on October 31, 2025 — a supported lifespan of 1 year and 8 months, shorter than the 2 years median for VMware Aria Operations releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 8.16.1, published February 29, 2024 — 1 year and 8 months before support ended. It has been without security patches for 1 year.
Commercial vendors offer security patches beyond EOL. Compare your options.
Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 (vRealize Operations Manager) | 7.5.0 | Apr 30, 2021 | EOL |
| 8.0 (vRealize Operations) | 8.0.1 | Oct 31, 2021 | EOL |
| 8.1 (vRealize Operations) | 8.1.1 | Jul 9, 2022 | EOL |
| 8.2 (vRealize Operations) | 8.2.0 | Oct 31, 2022 | EOL |
| 8.3 (vRealize Operations) | 8.3.0 | Oct 31, 2022 | EOL |
| 8.4 (vRealize Operations) | 8.4.0 | Oct 31, 2022 | EOL |
| 8.5 (vRealize Operations) | 8.5.0 | Oct 31, 2022 | EOL |
| 8.6 (vRealize Operations) | 8.6.3 | Oct 31, 2023 | EOL |
What does VMware Aria Operations 8.16 end of life mean?
When VMware Aria Operations 8.16 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 VMware Aria Operations 8.16 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to VMware Aria Operations 8.18 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.