end of life
Safeguard articles tagged "end of life" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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PostgreSQL 14 End of Life on 12 November 2026: What 2026 Fixed and How to Upgrade
PostgreSQL 14's final release is due on 12 November 2026. This year it needed fixes for 36 CVEs, 22 rated 8.0 or higher. The community and Amazon RDS dates that apply, two security defaults a 14-to-18 upgrade doesn't change for you, and a script that finds every pinned PostgreSQL version in a repository.
Node.js 24 Enters Maintenance, Node.js 26 Becomes LTS: What Changes for Security Fixes
Node.js 24 enters Maintenance on 20 October 2026 and Node.js 26 becomes LTS on 28 October. What each phase means for security fixes, what 2026's four security releases show (Node 20 got none of the last 23 CVE fixes), which version to plan for, and a script that finds every Node.js version a repo pins.
.NET 8 and .NET 9 End of Support on 10 November 2026: What Stops, Why Scanners Go Quiet, and How to Find Every Pin
.NET 8 and .NET 9 both reach end of support on 10 November 2026. After that date Microsoft ships no fixes for either, security fixes included, and the official container images for both stop being rebuilt. Your vulnerability scanner will also go quiet about them, for a reason that has nothing to do with being safe.
Managing End-of-Life Software Dependencies
Every dependency eventually reaches end of life. Here is a practical framework for identifying, tracking, and migrating away from EOL software before it becomes a security liability.
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