Pixel 5a

Ended

Security updates ended August 2024 . Updates came out even after the end date

The support period the maker announced is over, but it still published a security fix on August 5, 2024.

Dates and sources

Dates and sources

The maker’s announced end date (August 2024) stays, but the maker published a security fix afterwards (August 2024), so this page doesn’t say fixes have stopped.

Key dates

Release
August 26, 2021
Last security patch
August 5, 2024 · version AP2A.240805.005.S4
End of support
August 1, 2024 · endoflife.date - community data based on the maker’s policy
Maker’s end-of-life list
Listed, no date given

Record

  1. Pixel update 2024-08-05: 5 fixed

    Pixel update 2024-08-05 · checked November 13, 2026

  2. as of

    CVEs with no fix for this model: at least 78

    1 of them listed by CISA as exploited in the wild

    73 more

    Estimate: 331 more, not counted above

    Show the list: Estimate: 331 more, not counted above

    Basis: The maker doesn't state this model's last security patch level, so we assumed it is the level from around the month its support ended, and listed fixes released after that for its last Android version.

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