Varnish Cache 3.0 lifecycle
Current status
Varnish Cache 3.0 reached end of life on 16 Jun 2011. Security and bug fixes are no longer provided by the project according to published lifecycle data.
This line is end of life.
Plan your upgrade →Security: 1 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.
Official lifecycle source: Vinyl Cache / Varnish Releases
- Support phase
- end of life
- End of life
- 16 Jun 2011
- Latest release
- 3.0.7
- Released
- 23 Mar 2015
At a glance
- Version line
- 3.0
- Initial release
- 16 Jun 2011
- Lifecycle phase
- end of life
- Latest stable
- 3.0.7
- Latest release date
- 23 Mar 2015
- EOL
- 16 Jun 2011
- Risk
- high
- Releases tracked
- 8
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
16 Jun 2011
end of lifecurrent
16 Jun 2011 → —
Source: Vinyl Cache / Varnish Releases
Varnish Cache 3.0 reached end of life on 16 Jun 2011. Security and bug fixes are no longer provided by the project according to published lifecycle data.
Upgrade options
Newer supported Varnish Cache version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on Varnish Cache 3.0
End of lifeEOL 16 June 2011
Supported upgrade options
- Varnish Cache 6.0Upgrade planner →Supported· 3 major versions newer
- Varnish Cache 9.0Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 16 March 2027· ~189 months more support· 6 major versions newer
- Varnish Cache 8.0Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 15 September 2026· ~182 months more support· 5 major versions newer
Security
Advisories affecting Varnish Cache 3.0 (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-2025-30346
- Affected:
- <7.6.2
- Fixed in:
- 7.6.2
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
Latest release
3.0.7
Released 23 Mar 2015 · stable
https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/releases/tag/varnish-3.0.7Previous releases
3.0.6
4 Jul 2014
3.0.5
2 Dec 2013
3.0.4
13 Jun 2013
Release history
8 concrete releases tracked for this line.
Release activity
- Total releases
- 8
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~197 days
- Most recent
- 23 Mar 2015
Should I use this version?
Not recommended for new deployments
Upgrade to a currently supported release line. Recommended target: Varnish Cache 6.0.
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Vinyl Cache / Varnish Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://vinyl-cache.org/releases/
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesfirst party
Official source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Verification time not recorded
- NVD (NIST)first party
Official source: https://nvd.nist.gov
Verification time not recorded
- OSV.devfirst party
Official source: https://osv.dev
Verification time not recorded
Release sources
- Vinyl Cache / Varnish Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://vinyl-cache.org/releases/
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- Varnish Cache GitHub Tagsfirst party
Official source: https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/tags
Verification time not recorded
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 8
- Lifecycle periods
- 1
- EOL
- Known
- Provenance records
- 2
- Data last checked
- 2 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 2 Sept 2026