Exim end of life: end of support by version
Exim Maintainers · Servers & Databases
For Exim by Exim Maintainers, patchletter knows 12 support cycles. 11 of them have already ended and receive no more security updates. The current version of Exim is 4.99.1. The cycles come from the open endoflife.date project, last reconciled on 30/09/2026.
When does support end for which Exim version?
A cycle is a maintained version line. Where a date is given, support ends on that day — after it the vendor ships no more security updates for that line.
| Cycle | Latest version | End of support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.99 | 4.99.1 | no date on record | supported |
| 4.98 | 4.98.2 | 347 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.97 | 4.97.1 | 822 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.96 | 4.96.2 | 1071 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.95 | 4.95 | 1568 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.94 | 4.94.2 | 1838 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.93 | 4.93.0.4 | 2322 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.92 | 4.92.3 | 2498 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.91 | 4.91 | 2799 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.90 | 4.90.1 | 3100 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.89 | 4.89.1 | 3217 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.88 | 4.88 | 3504 days ago | End of Life |
Which Exim versions no longer receive security updates?
11 of 12 cycles have ended. If you run one of those lines, the vendor ships you no more patches — not even for critical flaws.
- Exim 4.984.98.2
- Exim 4.974.97.1
- Exim 4.964.96.2
- Exim 4.954.95
- Exim 4.944.94.2
- Exim 4.934.93.0.4
- Exim 4.924.92.3
- Exim 4.914.91
- Exim 4.904.90.1
- Exim 4.894.89.1
- Exim 4.884.88
Where does the EOL data for Exim come from?
From the open endoflife.date project, which collects vendors' official support commitments. patchletter reconciles the cycles daily; the Exim data is as of 30/09/2026. In case of doubt the vendor's own lifecycle page applies — patchletter deliberately stores no vendor full texts.
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