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Ansible 2.18

Current status

standard supportlow

Ansible 2.18 is currently in standard support.

Official lifecycle source: Ansible GitHub Releases

Support phase
standard support
End of life
Not officially published
Latest release
2.18.19
Released
10 Aug 2026

At a glance

Version line
2.18
Initial release
4 Nov 2024
Lifecycle phase
standard support
Latest stable
2.18.19
Latest release date
10 Aug 2026
EOL
Not officially published
Risk
low
Releases tracked
20

Lifecycle timeline

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

  1. Release

    4 Nov 2024

  2. standard supportcurrent

    4 Nov 2024 → —

    Source: Ansible GitHub Releases

Ansible 2.18 is currently in standard support.

Security

Advisories affecting Ansible 2.18 (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

2.18.19

Released 10 Aug 2026 · stable

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/releases/tag/v2.18.19

Previous releases

  • 2.18.18

    18 Jun 2026

  • 2.18.17

    18 May 2026

  • 2.18.16

    21 Apr 2026

Release history

20 concrete releases tracked for this line.

VersionRelease dateChannelSource
2.18.1910 Aug 2026stableSource
2.18.1818 Jun 2026stableSource
2.18.1718 May 2026stableSource
2.18.1621 Apr 2026stableSource
2.18.1523 Mar 2026stableSource
2.18.1423 Feb 2026stableSource
2.18.1329 Jan 2026stableSource
2.18.129 Dec 2025stableSource
2.18.114 Nov 2025stableSource
2.18.106 Oct 2025stableSource
2.18.98 Sept 2025stableSource
2.18.811 Aug 2025stableSource
2.18.715 Jul 2025stableSource
2.18.619 May 2025stableSource
2.18.521 Apr 2025stableSource
2.18.425 Mar 2025stableSource
2.18.324 Feb 2025stableSource
2.18.227 Jan 2025stableSource
2.18.12 Dec 2024stableSource
2.18.04 Nov 2024stableSource

Release activity

Total releases
20
Last 30 days
1
Last 90 days
2
Avg. interval
~34 days
Most recent
10 Aug 2026

Should I use this version?

Suitable for new deployments

Ansible 2.18 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 2.18

Supported

Supported upgrade options

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Version comparison

Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.

2.182.21
Statusstandard supportstandard support
Latest release2.18.192.21.3
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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