Laravel 6 lifecycle
Label: Laravel 6.x
Current status
Laravel 6 is currently in standard support.
Security: 1 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.
Official lifecycle source: Laravel GitHub Releases
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- Not officially published
- Latest release
- 6.20.44
- Released
- 12 Jan 2022
At a glance
- Version line
- 6
- Initial release
- 4 Nov 2020
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 6.20.44
- Latest release date
- 12 Jan 2022
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- low
- Releases tracked
- 122
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
4 Nov 2020
standard supportcurrent
3 Sept 2019 → —
Source: Laravel GitHub Releases
Laravel 6 is currently in 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 6
Supported
Supported upgrade options
- Laravel 9Upgrade planner →Supported· 3 major versions newer
- Laravel 8Upgrade planner →Supported· 2 major versions newer
- Laravel 7Upgrade planner →Supported· 1 major version newer
Security
Advisories affecting Laravel 6 (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-2021-43617
- Affected:
- <=8.70.2
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
Latest release
Previous releases
6.20.43
14 Dec 2021
6.20.42
7 Dec 2021
6.20.41
23 Nov 2021
Release history
122 concrete releases tracked for this line.
| Version | Release date | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.20.19 | 16 Mar 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.18 | 9 Mar 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.17 | 3 Mar 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.16 | 4 Feb 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.15 | 27 Jan 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.14 | 27 Jan 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.13 | 19 Jan 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.12 | 19 Jan 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.11 | 19 Jan 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.10 | 12 Jan 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.9 | 6 Jan 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.8 | 22 Dec 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.7 | 8 Dec 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.6 | 1 Dec 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.5 | 24 Nov 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.4 | 22 Nov 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.3 | 10 Nov 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.2 | 4 Nov 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.1 | 4 Nov 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.20.0 | 4 Nov 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.19.1 | 20 Oct 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.19.0 | 20 Oct 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.43 | 13 Oct 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.42 | 8 Oct 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.41 | 29 Sept 2020 | stable | Source |
Release activity
- Total releases
- 122
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~11 days
- Most recent
- 12 Jan 2022
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
Laravel 6 is currently supported (standard support).
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 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
- 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 1 Sept 2026
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 122
- 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
