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Ansible 2.16

Current status

standard supportlow

Ansible 2.16 is currently in standard support.

Official lifecycle source: Ansible GitHub Releases

Support phase
standard support
End of life
Not officially published
Latest release
2.16.19
Released
18 Jun 2026

At a glance

Version line
2.16
Initial release
6 Nov 2023
Lifecycle phase
standard support
Latest stable
2.16.19
Latest release date
18 Jun 2026
EOL
Not officially published
Risk
low
Releases tracked
20

Lifecycle timeline

Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.

  1. Release

    6 Nov 2023

  2. standard supportcurrent

    6 Nov 2023 → —

    Source: Ansible GitHub Releases

Ansible 2.16 is currently in standard support.

Security

Advisories affecting Ansible 2.16 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.

Known vulnerabilities
1
Known exploited
0
Highest CVSS
—
  • CVE-2024-11079

    Ansible-core: unsafe tagging bypass via hostvars object in ansible-core

    Affected:
    <=2.18.0
    Source:
    OSV source · Advisory

Latest release

2.16.19

Released 18 Jun 2026 · stable

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/releases/tag/v2.16.19

Previous releases

  • 2.16.18

    23 Mar 2026

  • 2.16.17

    23 Feb 2026

  • 2.16.16

    29 Jan 2026

Release history

20 concrete releases tracked for this line.

VersionRelease dateChannelSource
2.16.1918 Jun 2026stableSource
2.16.1823 Mar 2026stableSource
2.16.1723 Feb 2026stableSource
2.16.1629 Jan 2026stableSource
2.16.159 Dec 2025stableSource
2.16.142 Dec 2024stableSource
2.16.134 Nov 2024stableSource
2.16.127 Oct 2024stableSource
2.16.119 Sept 2024stableSource
2.16.1012 Aug 2024stableSource
2.16.915 Jul 2024stableSource
2.16.817 Jun 2024stableSource
2.16.720 May 2024stableSource
2.16.616 Apr 2024stableSource
2.16.525 Mar 2024stableSource
2.16.426 Feb 2024stableSource
2.16.329 Jan 2024stableSource
2.16.211 Dec 2023stableSource
2.16.14 Dec 2023stableSource
2.16.06 Nov 2023stableSource

Release activity

Total releases
20
Last 30 days
0
Last 90 days
1
Avg. interval
~50 days
Most recent
18 Jun 2026

Should I use this version?

Suitable for new deployments

Ansible 2.16 is currently supported (standard support).

Upgrade options

Newer supported Ansible version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.

You are on Ansible 2.16

Supported

Supported upgrade options

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Version comparison

Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.

2.162.21
Statusstandard supportstandard support
Latest release2.16.192.21.3
EOLNot publishedNot published
Risklowlow

Sources

Where this information comes from.

Lifecycle sources

Release sources

Data coverage

Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.

Releases tracked
20
Lifecycle periods
1
EOL
Not officially published
Provenance records
2
Data last checked
31 Aug 2026
Latest source update
31 Aug 2026

EOL: Not officially published

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