Kibana 7.16 lifecycle
Current status
Kibana 7.16 is currently in standard support.
Security: 1 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.
Official lifecycle source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- Not officially published
- Latest release
- 7.16.3
- Released
- 13 Jan 2022
At a glance
- Version line
- 7.16
- Initial release
- 7 Dec 2021
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 7.16.3
- Latest release date
- 13 Jan 2022
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- low
- Releases tracked
- 4
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
7 Dec 2021
standard supportcurrent
7 Dec 2021 → —
Source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy
Kibana 7.16 is currently in standard support.
Upgrade options
Newer supported Kibana version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on Kibana 7.16
Supported
Supported upgrade options
- Kibana 9.5Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 15 April 2028· 2 major versions newer
- Kibana 9.4Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 15 April 2028· 2 major versions newer
- Kibana 8.19Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 15 July 2027· 1 major version newer
Security
Advisories affecting Kibana 7.16 (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-2024-43706
Kibana Improper Authorization
- Affected:
- <=8.12.0
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
Latest release
Previous releases
7.16.2
19 Dec 2021
7.16.1
13 Dec 2021
7.16.0
7 Dec 2021
Release history
4 concrete releases tracked for this line.
Release activity
- Total releases
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~12 days
- Most recent
- 13 Jan 2022
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
Kibana 7.16 is currently supported (standard support).
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Elastic Product End of Life Policyfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://www.elastic.co/support/eol
Last verified 1 Sept 2026
- OSV.devfirst party
Official source: https://osv.dev
Verification time not recorded
- NVD (NIST)first party
Official source: https://nvd.nist.gov
Verification time not recorded
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesfirst party
Official source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Verification time not recorded
Release sources
- Elastic Product End of Life Policyfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://www.elastic.co/support/eol
Last verified 1 Sept 2026
- Kibana GitHub Releasesfirst party
Official source: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/releases
Verification time not recorded
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 4
- Lifecycle periods
- 1
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Provenance records
- 2
- Data last checked
- 1 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 1 Sept 2026
EOL: Not officially published