Laravel 5.5 lifecycle

Current status

standard supportlow

Laravel 5.5 is currently in standard support.

Official lifecycle source: Laravel GitHub Releases

Support phase: standard support
End of life: Not officially published
Latest release: 5.5.44
Released: 4 Oct 2018

At a glance

Version line: 5.5
Initial release: 30 Aug 2017
Lifecycle phase: standard support
Latest stable: 5.5.44
Latest release date: 4 Oct 2018
EOL: Not officially published
Risk: low
Releases tracked: 42

Lifecycle timeline

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

Release
30 Aug 2017
standard supportcurrent
30 Aug 2017 → —
Source: Laravel GitHub Releases

Laravel 5.5 is currently in standard support.

Security

Advisories affecting Laravel 5.5 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.

Known vulnerabilities: 4
Known exploited: 0
Highest CVSS: —

CVE-2020-19316
Affected:
<5.8.17
Fixed in:
5.8.17
Source:
OSV source
CVE-2021-43617
Affected:
<=8.70.2
Source:
OSV source · Advisory
CVE-2020-24941
Affected:
<6.18.35
Fixed in:
6.18.35
Source:
OSV source · Advisory
CVE-2017-16894
Affected:
<=5.5.21
Source:
OSV source · Advisory

Latest release

5.5.44

Released 4 Oct 2018 · stable

https://github.com/laravel/framework/releases/tag/v5.5.44

Previous releases

5.5.40
31 Mar 2018
5.5.39
9 Mar 2018
5.5.38
9 Mar 2018

Release history

42 concrete releases tracked for this line.

Version	Release date	Channel	Source
5.5.44	4 Oct 2018	stable	Source
5.5.40	31 Mar 2018	stable	Source
5.5.39	9 Mar 2018	stable	Source
5.5.38	9 Mar 2018	stable	Source
5.5.37	7 Mar 2018	stable	Source
5.5.36	1 Mar 2018	stable	Source
5.5.35	23 Feb 2018	stable	Source
5.5.34	6 Feb 2018	stable	Source
5.5.33	30 Jan 2018	stable	Source
5.5.32	18 Jan 2018	stable	Source
5.5.31	16 Jan 2018	stable	Source
5.5.30	16 Jan 2018	stable	Source
5.5.29	15 Jan 2018	stable	Source
5.5.28	28 Dec 2017	stable	Source
5.5.27	20 Dec 2017	stable	Source
5.5.26	18 Dec 2017	stable	Source
5.5.25	12 Dec 2017	stable	Source
5.5.24	7 Dec 2017	stable	Source
5.5.23	4 Dec 2017	stable	Source
5.5.22	28 Nov 2017	stable	Source
5.5.21	14 Nov 2017	stable	Source
5.5.20	7 Nov 2017	stable	Source
5.5.19	25 Oct 2017	stable	Source
5.5.18	19 Oct 2017	stable	Source
5.5.17	17 Oct 2017	stable	Source

Release activity

Total releases: 42
Last 30 days: 0
Last 90 days: 0
Avg. interval: ~10 days
Most recent: 4 Oct 2018

Should I use this version?

Suitable for new deployments

Laravel 5.5 is currently supported (standard support).

Upgrade options

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

You are on Laravel 5.5

Supported

Supported upgrade options

Laravel 9.52
Supported· 4 major versions newer
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Laravel 9.51
Supported· 4 major versions newer
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Laravel 9.50
Supported· 4 major versions newer
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Version comparison

Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.

	5.5	9.52
Status	standard support	standard support
Latest release	5.5.44	9.52.16
EOL	Not published	Not published
Risk	low	low

Sources

Where this information comes from.

Lifecycle sources

Laravel GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/releases
Last verified 31 Aug 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
Laravel support policy (releases.md)first party
Official source: https://laravel.com/framework/docs/12.x/releases.md
Verification time not recorded

Release sources

Laravel GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/releases
Last verified 31 Aug 2026

Data coverage

Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.

Releases tracked: 42
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