Samba end of life: end of support by version
Samba Team · Servers & Databases
For Samba by Samba Team, patchletter knows 12 support cycles. 9 of them have already ended and receive no more security updates. The next support window closes on 31/03/2027, 143 days from now. The current version of Samba is 4.25.1. The cycles come from the open endoflife.date project, last reconciled on 07/11/2026.
When does support end for which Samba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.25 | 4.25.1 | 509 days left | EOL 31 Mar 28 |
| 4.24 | 4.24.8 | 326 days left | EOL 30 Sept 27 |
| 4.23 | 4.23.13 | 143 days left | EOL 31 Mar 27 |
| 4.22 | 4.22.11 | 39 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.21 | 4.21.10 | 222 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.20 | 4.20.8 | 422 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.19 | 4.19.9 | 612 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.18 | 4.18.11 | 797 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.17 | 4.17.12 | 956 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.16 | 4.16.11 | 1161 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.15 | 4.15.13 | 1341 days ago | End of Life |
| 4.14 | 4.14.14 | 1517 days ago | End of Life |
Which Samba versions no longer receive security updates?
9 of 12 cycles have ended. If you run one of those lines, the vendor ships you no more patches, not even for critical flaws.
- Samba 4.224.22.11
- Samba 4.214.21.10
- Samba 4.204.20.8
- Samba 4.194.19.9
- Samba 4.184.18.11
- Samba 4.174.17.12
- Samba 4.164.16.11
- Samba 4.154.15.13
- Samba 4.144.14.14
Where does the EOL data for Samba come from?
From the open endoflife.date project, which collects vendors' official support commitments. patchletter reconciles the cycles daily; the Samba data is as of 07/11/2026. In case of doubt the vendor's own lifecycle page applies. patchletter deliberately stores no vendor full texts.
New Samba versions by email
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