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Kibana 6.8 lifecycle

Current status

end of lifehigh

Kibana 6.8 reached end of life on 1 Feb 2024. Security and bug fixes are no longer provided by the project according to published lifecycle data.

This line is end of life.

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Security: 3 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.

Official lifecycle source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy

Support phase
end of life
End of life
1 Feb 2024
Latest release
6.8.23
Released
13 Jan 2022

At a glance

Version line
6.8
Initial release
20 Jun 2019
Lifecycle phase
end of life
Latest stable
6.8.23
Latest release date
13 Jan 2022
EOL
1 Feb 2024
Risk
high
Releases tracked
23

Lifecycle timeline

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

  1. Release

    20 Jun 2019

  2. standard support

    20 Jun 2019 → 1 Aug 2023

    Source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy

  3. extended support

    1 Aug 2023 → 1 Feb 2024

    Source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy

  4. end of lifecurrent

    1 Feb 2024 → —

    Source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy

Kibana 6.8 reached end of life on 1 Feb 2024. Security and bug fixes are no longer provided by the project according to published lifecycle data.

Upgrade options

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

You are on Kibana 6.8

End of lifeEOL 1 February 2024

Supported upgrade options

Open full upgrade planner for Kibana 6.8 →

Security

Advisories affecting Kibana 6.8 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.

Known vulnerabilities
3
Known exploited
0
Highest CVSS
—

Latest release

6.8.23

Released 13 Jan 2022 · stable

https://github.com/elastic/kibana/releases/tag/v6.8.23

Previous releases

  • 6.8.22

    19 Dec 2021

  • 6.8.21

    13 Dec 2021

  • 6.8.20

    14 Oct 2021

Release history

23 concrete releases tracked for this line.

VersionRelease dateChannelSource
6.8.2313 Jan 2022stableSource
6.8.2219 Dec 2021stableSource
6.8.2113 Dec 2021stableSource
6.8.2014 Oct 2021stableSource
6.8.1921 Sept 2021stableSource
6.8.183 Aug 2021stableSource
6.8.177 Jul 2021stableSource
6.8.1625 May 2021stableSource
6.8.1523 Mar 2021stableSource
6.8.1410 Feb 2021stableSource
6.8.1322 Oct 2020stableSource
6.8.1218 Aug 2020stableSource
6.8.1127 Jul 2020stableSource
6.8.103 Jun 2020stableSource
6.8.913 May 2020stableSource
6.8.831 Mar 2020stableSource
6.8.74 Mar 2020stableSource
6.8.618 Dec 2019stableSource
6.8.520 Nov 2019stableSource
6.8.423 Oct 2019stableSource
6.8.35 Sept 2019stableSource
6.8.230 Jul 2019stableSource
6.8.120 Jun 2019stableSource

Release activity

Total releases
23
Last 30 days
0
Last 90 days
0
Avg. interval
~43 days
Most recent
13 Jan 2022

Should I use this version?

Not recommended for new deployments

Upgrade to a currently supported release line. Recommended target: Kibana 9.5.

Version comparison

Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.

6.89.5
Statusend of lifestandard support
Latest release6.8.239.5.2
EOLFeb 2024Apr 2028
Riskhighlow

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
23
Lifecycle periods
3
EOL
Known
Provenance records
4
Data last checked
1 Sept 2026
Latest source update
1 Sept 2026

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