# The scope of security support for Rocky 8.6 and 8.7? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [June 7, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-scope-of-security-support-for-rocky-8-6-and-8-7/14478 "2024-06-07T04:46:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jslim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@jslim](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jslim)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-scope-of-security-support-for-rocky-8-6-and-8-7/14478/1 "2024-06-07T04:46:29Z")
Hello, I would like to inquire about the scope of security support for Rocky Linux 8.6 and 8.7. Does the security support include fixing security-related bugs and addressing bugs that occur in the operating system? Additionally, could you please share any documents or official website links where the scope of the security support is detailed? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-scope-of-security-support-for-rocky-8-6-and-8-7/14478/2 "2024-06-07T04:49:44Z")
Rocky Linux 8.6 and 8.7 are no longer supported in any way by the Rocky Linux project. Only the most recent releases are supported, currently 8.10 and 9.4. See [Rocky Linux Release and Version Guide - Rocky Linux Wiki](https://wiki.rockylinux.org/rocky/version/) LTS support for older versions of Rocky Linux is available from companies like CIQ and OpenLogic. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-scope-of-security-support-for-rocky-8-6-and-8-7/14478/3 "2024-06-07T10:47:02Z")
Rocky follows the dark blue of RHEL in [Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle - Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#RHEL8_Planning_Guide) Every six months Red Hat releases new point update for RHEL. That is new features. After such release, and up to next point update for that major version, RHEL gets security fixes. RHEL 8 has now released its last point update (8.10) and is in _Maintenance Phase_ (the long dark blue bar) to 2029. That is, critical security (and bug) fixes may be released for it. * * * Rocky can access source code of at most what is released within the dark blue. The light blue (EUS) and green(?) have never been accessible. Hence Rocky cannot support old point updates. ---
**Author:** ![jslim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@jslim](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jslim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-scope-of-security-support-for-rocky-8-6-and-8-7/14478/4 "2024-06-09T23:59:02Z")
Does that mean that even if a bug occurs at the OS level, it cannot be supported? ---
**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-scope-of-security-support-for-rocky-8-6-and-8-7/14478/5 "2024-06-10T00:55:21Z")
Any rocky linux release older than current (8.10 and 9.4 as of this writing) is _not_ supported and _will not_ receive updates of any kind. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-scope-of-security-support-for-rocky-8-6-and-8-7/14478/6 "2024-08-09T00:55:25Z")
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