VMware Cloud Foundation End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all VMware Cloud Foundation versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 2.3.2 | Aug 15, 2018 | Nov 15, 2020 | 2064 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.8 | 3.8.1 | Jul 18, 2019 | Jul 18, 2020 | 2184 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.9 | 3.9.1 | Oct 24, 2019 | Oct 24, 2020 | 2086 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | 4.0.1 | Apr 14, 2020 | Aug 24, 2021 | 1782 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.10 | 3.10.2 | May 26, 2020 | Sep 1, 2022 | 1409 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | 4.1.0 | Oct 6, 2020 | Feb 10, 2022 | 1612 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | 4.2.1 | Feb 4, 2021 | May 25, 2021 | 1873 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.3 | 4.3.1 | Aug 24, 2021 | Oct 31, 2023 | 984 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.4 | 4.4.1 | Feb 10, 2022 | Sep 30, 2024 | 649 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.11 | 3.11.0.1 | Feb 14, 2022 | Apr 30, 2023 | 1168 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.5 | 4.5.2 | Oct 11, 2022 | May 31, 2025 | 406 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | 5.0.0.1 | Jun 1, 2023 | Jun 1, 2027 | 325 days remaining | Active |
| 5.1 | 5.1.1 | Nov 7, 2023 | Jun 1, 2027 | 325 days remaining | Active |
| 5.2 | 5.2.3 | Jul 23, 2024 | Oct 11, 2027 | 457 days remaining | Active |
| 9.0 | 9.0.2.0 | Jun 17, 2025 | Sep 17, 2027 | 433 days remaining | Active |
| 9.1 | 9.1.0.0 | May 12, 2026 | Aug 12, 2028 | 763 days remaining | Active |
What does VMware Cloud Foundation end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of VMware Cloud Foundation 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 VMware Cloud Foundation 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.
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If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL VMware Cloud Foundation versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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