Packer 1.5 lifecycle
Current status
Packer 1.5 is currently in standard support.
Official lifecycle source: Packer GitHub Releases
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- Not officially published
- Latest release
- 1.5.6
- Released
- 18 May 2020
At a glance
- Version line
- 1.5
- Initial release
- 19 Dec 2019
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 1.5.6
- Latest release date
- 18 May 2020
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- low
- Releases tracked
- 7
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
19 Dec 2019
standard supportcurrent
19 Dec 2019 → —
Source: Packer GitHub Releases
Packer 1.5 is currently in standard support.
Latest release
Previous releases
1.5.5
26 Mar 2020
1.5.4
19 Mar 2020
1.5.3
18 May 2020
Release history
7 concrete releases tracked for this line.
Release activity
- Total releases
- 7
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~25 days
- Most recent
- 18 May 2020
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
Packer 1.5 is currently supported (standard support).
Upgrade options
Newer supported Packer version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on Packer 1.5
Supported
Supported upgrade options
- Packer 1.16Upgrade planner →Supported· 11 minor versions newer
- Packer 1.15Upgrade planner →Supported· 10 minor versions newer
- Packer 1.14Upgrade planner →Supported· 9 minor versions newer
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Packer GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/packer/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
Release sources
- Packer GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/packer/releases
Last verified 31 Aug 2026
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 7
- 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