Laravel 5.6 lifecycle
Current status
Laravel 5.6 is currently in standard support.
Official lifecycle source: Laravel GitHub Releases
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- Not officially published
- Latest release
- 5.6.39
- Released
- 4 Oct 2018
At a glance
- Version line
- 5.6
- Initial release
- 7 Feb 2018
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 5.6.39
- Latest release date
- 4 Oct 2018
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- low
- Releases tracked
- 27
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
7 Feb 2018
standard supportcurrent
7 Feb 2018 → —
Source: Laravel GitHub Releases
Laravel 5.6 is currently in standard support.
Security
Advisories affecting Laravel 5.6 (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-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
Latest release
Previous releases
5.6.29
31 Jul 2018
5.6.24
4 Jun 2018
5.6.23
24 May 2018
Release history
27 concrete releases tracked for this line.
Release activity
- Total releases
- 27
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~9 days
- Most recent
- 4 Oct 2018
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
Laravel 5.6 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 5.6
Supported
Supported upgrade options
- Laravel 9.52Upgrade planner →Supported· 4 major versions newer
- Laravel 9.51Upgrade planner →Supported· 4 major versions newer
- Laravel 9.50Upgrade planner →Supported· 4 major versions newer
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
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
- 27
- 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