virtualbox end of life dates — full support timeline
11 of 12 tracked virtualbox releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2025-08-14 | not announced | 7.2.14 | supported |
| 7.1 | 2024-09-09 | 2026-03-31 | 7.1.18 | ended |
| 7.0 | 2022-10-10 | 2025-03-31 | 7.0.26 | ended |
| 6.1 | 2019-12-10 | 2024-01-31 | 6.1.50 | ended |
| 6.0 | 2018-12-18 | 2020-07-31 | 6.0.24 | ended |
| 5.2 | 2017-10-17 | 2020-07-31 | 5.2.44 | ended |
| 5.1 | 2016-07-12 | 2018-04-30 | 5.1.38 | ended |
| 5.0 | 2015-07-09 | 2017-05-31 | 5.0.40 | ended |
| 4.3 | 2013-10-15 | 2015-12-31 | 4.3.40 | ended |
| 4.2 | 2012-09-13 | 2015-12-31 | 4.2.38 | ended |
| 4.1 | 2011-07-19 | 2015-12-31 | 4.1.44 | ended |
| 4.0 | 2010-12-22 | 2015-12-31 | 4.0.36 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported virtualbox release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/virtualbox, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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