Kibana 7.8 lifecycle
Current status
Kibana 7.8 reached end of life on 11 May 2021. Security and bug fixes are no longer provided by the project according to published lifecycle data.
This line is end of life.
Plan your upgrade →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
- 11 May 2021
- Latest release
- 7.8.1
- Released
- 27 Jul 2020
At a glance
- Version line
- 7.8
- Initial release
- 18 Jun 2020
- Lifecycle phase
- end of life
- Latest stable
- 7.8.1
- Latest release date
- 27 Jul 2020
- EOL
- 11 May 2021
- Risk
- high
- Releases tracked
- 2
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
18 Jun 2020
standard support
18 Jun 2020 → 11 Nov 2020
Source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy
extended support
11 Nov 2020 → 11 May 2021
Source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy
end of lifecurrent
11 May 2021 → —
Source: Elastic Product End of Life Policy
Kibana 7.8 reached end of life on 11 May 2021. 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 7.8
End of lifeEOL 11 May 2021
Supported upgrade options
- Kibana 7.16Upgrade planner →Supported· 8 minor versions newer
- Kibana 9.5Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 15 April 2028· ~83 months more support· 2 major versions newer
- Kibana 9.4Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 15 April 2028· ~83 months more support· 2 major versions newer
Security
Advisories affecting Kibana 7.8 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 3
- Known exploited
- 0
- Highest CVSS
- —
- CVE-2024-43706
Kibana Improper Authorization
- Affected:
- <=8.12.0
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
- CVE-2021-37936
- Affected:
- <7.14.1
- Fixed in:
- 7.14.1
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
- CVE-2021-22139
- Affected:
- <7.12.1
- Fixed in:
- 7.12.1
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
Latest release
Previous releases
7.8.0
18 Jun 2020
Release history
2 concrete releases tracked for this line.
Release activity
- Total releases
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Most recent
- 27 Jul 2020
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.
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
- 2
- Lifecycle periods
- 3
- EOL
- Known
- Provenance records
- 4
- Data last checked
- 1 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 1 Sept 2026