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Package support status

This is current as of 2025-05-19T00:21:59.198061.

Clamav1.4 has security support until August 2027

https://docs.clamav.net/faq/faq-eol.html#version-support-matrix

Support period for Clamav1.4 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

Clamav has security support until October 2025

https://docs.clamav.net/faq/faq-eol.html#version-support-matrix

Clamav 0.103 has support until Oct 1st 2025. Support period for clamav differs from the main distribution end-of-life date. Update to clamav1.4 package for continued support

Dotnet8.0 has security support until November 2026

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core

Support period for Dotnet8.0 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

Dotnet6.0 has security support until November 2024

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core

Support period for Dotnet6.0 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

Amazon Corretto 24 has security support until October 2025

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The End of Life of Amazon Corretto 24 is in April 2025.

Amazon Corretto 23 has security support until April 2025

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 23 is in January 2025, with an End of Life in April 2025.

Amazon Corretto 22 has security support until October 2024

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 22 is in July 2024, with an End of Life in October 2024.

Amazon Corretto 21 has security support until June 2029

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 21 is in July 2030, with an End of Life in October 2030.

Amazon Corretto 17 has security support until June 2029

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 17 is in July 2029, with an End of Life in October 2029.

Amazon Corretto 11 has security support until June 2029

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 11 is in October 2031, with an End of Life in January 2032.

Amazon Corretto 8 has security support until June 2029

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 8 is in October 2030, with an End of Life in December 2030.

Kernel6.12 has security support until June 2029

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

There may be live patches available for a kernel for the first three months after it is released. Individual live patches don't get updates, but new live patches and new kernels may be released.

Kernel has security support until June 2029

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

There may be live patches available for a kernel for the first three months after it is released. Individual live patches don't get updates, but new live patches and new kernels may be released.

MariaDB 10.5 has security support until June 2025

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-105/

Support period for MariaDB 10.5 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

MariaDB 10.11 has security support until February 2028

https://mariadb.org/about/#maintenance-policy

Support period for MariaDB 10.11 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

NGINX has security support until June 2029

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

AL2023 will keep ingesting new upstream NGINX releases.

NodeJS 22 has security support until April 2027

https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule

Support period for NodeJS 22 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

NodeJS 20 has security support until April 2026

https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule

Support period for NodeJS 20 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

NodeJS 18 has security support until April 2025

https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule

Support period for NodeJS 18 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

PCRE has security support until June 2024

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

pcre version 1 is deprecated, replaced by pcre2. This support period is to allow migration time for remaining pcre version 1 users.

PHP 8.4 has security support until December 2028

https://www.php.net/supported-versions

Support period for PHP 8.4 is the same as PHP 8.4 upstream end-of-life.

PHP 8.3 has security support until December 2027

https://www.php.net/supported-versions

Support period for PHP 8.3 is the same as PHP 8.3 upstream end-of-life.

PHP 8.2 has security support until December 2026

https://www.php.net/supported-versions

Support period for PHP 8.2 is the same as PHP 8.2 upstream end-of-life.

PHP 8.1 has security support until December 2025

https://www.php.net/supported-versions

Support period for PHP 8.1 is the same as PHP 8.1 upstream end-of-life. PHP 8.2 is available with an upstream end-of-life date of 2025-12-08.

PostgreSQL 17 has security support until June 2029

https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

The support period for PostgreSQL 17 aligns with AL2023's end-of-life date rather than the upstream project's support timeline.

PostgreSQL 16 has security support until November 2028

https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

Support period for PostgreSQL 16 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

PostgreSQL 15 has security support until November 2027

https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

Support period for PostgreSQL 15 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

Python 3.12 has security support until October 2028

https://devguide.python.org/versions/

AL2023 provides Python 3.12 that can be installed alongside the System Python (Python 3.9). Amazon will provide security patches and support for this version of Python until the upstream end-of-life of Python 3.12, which is estimated to be in October 2028. If a version of Python is required that is supported until the EOL of Amazon Linux 2023, use Python 3.9 which is the System Python for AL2023.

Python 3.11 has security support until October 2027

https://devguide.python.org/versions/

AL2023 provides Python 3.11 that can be installed alongside the System Python (Python 3.9). Amazon will provide security patches and support for this version of Python until the upstream end-of-life of Python 3.11, which is estimated to be in October 2027. If a version of Python is required that is supported until the EOL of Amazon Linux 2023, use Python 3.9 which is the System Python for AL2023.

Python 3.9 (System Python) has security support until June 2029

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0596/#lifespan

AL2023 has Python 3.9 as the System Python. Amazon will continue to security patch this version of Python until the end-of-life of AL2023, which is beyond when upstream Python supports this version until.

Redis 6 has security support until August 2025

https://docs.redis.com/latest/rs/installing-upgrading/product-lifecycle/

The support period for Redis 6 is specific to Redis 6.2 end-of-life period. AL2023 will keep ingesting minor versions of Redis 6 as they become available.

Ruby 3.2 has security support until March 2026

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/branches/

Support period for Ruby 3.2 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

This is the support statement for AL2023. The end-of-life of Amazon Linux 2023 is June 2029. From this point, the Amazon Linux 2023 packages will no longer receive any updates from Amazon.

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