Ansible 2.17
Current status
Ansible 2.17 is currently in standard support.
Official lifecycle source: Ansible GitHub Releases
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- Not officially published
- Latest release
- 2.17.14
- Released
- 8 Sept 2025
At a glance
- Version line
- 2.17
- Initial release
- 20 May 2024
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 2.17.14
- Latest release date
- 8 Sept 2025
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- low
- Releases tracked
- 15
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
20 May 2024
standard supportcurrent
20 May 2024 → —
Source: Ansible GitHub Releases
Ansible 2.17 is currently in standard support.
Security
Advisories affecting Ansible 2.17 (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
Previous releases
2.17.13
15 Jul 2025
2.17.12
19 May 2025
2.17.11
22 Apr 2025
Release history
15 concrete releases tracked for this line.
| Version | Release date | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.17.14 | 8 Sept 2025 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.13 | 15 Jul 2025 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.12 | 19 May 2025 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.11 | 22 Apr 2025 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.10 | 25 Mar 2025 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.9 | 24 Feb 2025 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.8 | 27 Jan 2025 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.7 | 2 Dec 2024 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.6 | 4 Nov 2024 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.5 | 7 Oct 2024 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.4 | 9 Sept 2024 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.3 | 12 Aug 2024 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.2 | 15 Jul 2024 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.1 | 17 Jun 2024 | stable | Source |
| 2.17.0 | 20 May 2024 | stable | Source |
Release activity
- Total releases
- 15
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~34 days
- Most recent
- 8 Sept 2025
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
Ansible 2.17 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 2.17
Supported
Supported upgrade options
- Ansible 2.21Upgrade planner →Supported· 4 minor versions newer
- Ansible 2.20Upgrade planner →Supported· 3 minor versions newer
- Ansible 2.19Upgrade planner →Supported· 2 minor versions newer
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Ansible GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/ansible/ansible/releases
Last verified 31 Aug 2026
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesfirst party
Official source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Verification time not recorded
- NVD (NIST)first party
Official source: https://nvd.nist.gov
Verification time not recorded
- OSV.devfirst party
Official source: https://osv.dev
Verification time not recorded
- Ansible release and maintenance documentationfirst party
Official source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible-documentation/devel/docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.rst
Verification time not recorded
Release sources
- Ansible GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/ansible/ansible/releases
Last verified 31 Aug 2026
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 15
- 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