Laravel 6 lifecycle
Label: Laravel 6.x
Current status
Lifecycle information for Laravel 6 is incomplete in the available first-party sources.
Security: 2 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.
Official lifecycle source: OSV.dev
- Support phase
- unknown
- 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
- unknown
- Latest stable
- 6.20.44
- Latest release date
- 12 Jan 2022
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- medium
- Releases tracked
- 122
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Lifecycle information is incomplete in the available first-party sources.
Lifecycle information for Laravel 6 is incomplete in the available first-party sources.
Upgrade options
Newer supported Laravel version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on Laravel 6
UNKNOWN
Supported upgrade options
- Laravel 12Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 24 February 2027· 6 major versions newer
Security
Advisories affecting Laravel 6 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Known exploited
- 0
- Highest CVSS
- —
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.18.40 | 15 Sept 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.39 | 15 Sept 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.38 | 2 Sept 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.37 | 27 Aug 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.36 | 27 Aug 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.35 | 18 Aug 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.34 | 18 Aug 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.33 | 18 Aug 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.32 | 4 Aug 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.31 | 28 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.30 | 28 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.29 | 28 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.28 | 28 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.27 | 28 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.26 | 21 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.25 | 12 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.24 | 7 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.23 | 5 Jul 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.22 | 24 Jun 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.21 | 24 Jun 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.20 | 16 Jun 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.19 | 9 Jun 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.18 | 3 Jun 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.17 | 2 Jun 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.18.16 | 26 May 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?
Lifecycle status unclear
CompatHub does not currently have a clear support status for Laravel 6.
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- 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
- 0
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Provenance records
- 1
- Data last checked
- 1 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 1 Sept 2026
Lifecycle information is incomplete in the available first-party sources.
EOL: Not officially published