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EOL Dates

Ensure that you are using a supported version of Alpine Linux. Here are some end of life, and end of support dates for Alpine Linux.

Release EOL Date Status
3.21 November 1, 2026
Active

Alpine Linux 3.21 will become EOL next year, in November 2026.

3.20 April 1, 2026
Active

Alpine Linux 3.20 will become EOL next year, in April 2026.

3.19 November 1, 2025
EOL This Year

Alpine Linux 3.19 will become EOL this year, in November 2025.

3.18 May 9, 2025
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.18 became EOL in 2025.

3.17 November 22, 2024
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.17 became EOL in 2024.

3.16 May 23, 2024
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.16 became EOL in 2024.

3.15 November 1, 2023
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.15 became EOL in 2023.

3.14 May 1, 2023
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.14 became EOL in 2023.

3.13 November 1, 2022
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.13 became EOL in 2022.

3.12 May 1, 2022
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.12 became EOL in 2022.

3.11 November 1, 2021
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.11 became EOL in 2021.

3.10 May 1, 2021
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.10 became EOL in 2021.

3.9 November 1, 2020
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.9 became EOL in 2020.

3.8 May 1, 2020
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.8 became EOL in 2020.

3.7 November 1, 2019
EOL

Alpine Linux 3.7 became EOL in 2019.

By the Year

In 2025 there have been 0 vulnerabilities in Alpine Linux. Alpine Linux did not have any published security vulnerabilities last year.

Year Vulnerabilities Average Score
2025 0 0.00
2024 0 0.00
2023 0 0.00
2022 1 9.80
2021 0 0.00
2020 0 0.00
2019 0 0.00
2018 1 8.80

It may take a day or so for new Alpine Linux vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilties. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.

Recent Alpine Linux Security Vulnerabilities

The zabbix-agent2 package before 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux sometimes allows privilege escalation to root because the design incorrectly expected

CVE-2022-22704 9.8 - Critical - January 06, 2022

The zabbix-agent2 package before 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux sometimes allows privilege escalation to root because the design incorrectly expected that systemd would (in effect) determine part of the configuration.

Missing Initialization of Resource

Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager)

CVE-2018-1000849 8.8 - High - December 20, 2018

Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.

Improper Input Validation

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Alpine Linux
A linux distribution popular for use in docker containers due to its small size.

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