Varnish Cache 6.0 lifecycle
Current status
Varnish Cache 6.0 is currently in standard support.
Security: 1 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.
Official lifecycle source: Vinyl Cache / Varnish Releases
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- Not officially published
- Latest release
- 6.0.18
- Released
- 18 May 2026
At a glance
- Version line
- 6.0
- Initial release
- 15 Mar 2018
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 6.0.18
- Latest release date
- 18 May 2026
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- low
- Releases tracked
- 18
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
15 Mar 2018
standard supportcurrent
15 Mar 2018 → —
Source: Vinyl Cache / Varnish Releases
Varnish Cache 6.0 is currently in standard support.
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 6.0
Supported
Supported upgrade options
- Varnish Cache 9.0Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 16 March 2027· 3 major versions newer
- Varnish Cache 8.0Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 15 September 2026· 2 major versions newer
Security
Advisories affecting Varnish Cache 6.0 (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
6.0.18
Released 18 May 2026 · stable
Previous releases
6.0.16
20 Aug 2025
6.0.15
5 Aug 2025
6.0.14
12 May 2025
Release history
18 concrete releases tracked for this line.
| Version | Release date | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0.18 | 18 May 2026 | stable | — |
| 6.0.16 | 20 Aug 2025 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.15 | 5 Aug 2025 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.14 | 12 May 2025 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.13 | 18 Mar 2024 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.12 | 13 Nov 2023 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.11 | 12 Oct 2022 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.10 | 12 Jan 2022 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.9 | 24 Nov 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.8 | 1 Jul 2021 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.7 | 6 Nov 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.6 | 31 Jan 2020 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.5 | 18 Oct 2019 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.4 | 27 Aug 2019 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.3 | 19 Feb 2019 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.2 | 6 Nov 2018 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.1 | 29 Aug 2018 | stable | Source |
| 6.0.0 | 15 Mar 2018 | stable | Source |
Release activity
- Total releases
- 18
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~176 days
- Most recent
- 18 May 2026
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
Varnish Cache 6.0 is currently supported (standard support).
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
- 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
- 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
- 18
- Lifecycle periods
- 1
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Provenance records
- 2
- Data last checked
- 2 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 2 Sept 2026
EOL: Not officially published