Running Doesn’t Equal Patched: Securing MariaDB 10.6 After End of Life

MariaDB Community Server 10.6 reached end of life on July 6, 2026. It still runs, but the security patches have stopped. If you’re still on 10.6, chances are nothing has broken — the databases serve queries, health checks pass, and there are no alerts. That is exactly what unpatched end-of-life software looks like from the outside, and on a shared server one unpatched database sits behind every customer site on the machine. In this live session, we’ll take a straight look at what that means for your servers in 2026, and how to keep 10.6 patched without a rushed migration.

Who Should Watch

• Hosting providers still running MariaDB 10.6 on CloudLinux 8 or 9
• Sysadmins and ops leads responsible for database security across a customer fleet
• Providers mid-migration who need to stay covered until the upgrade lands
• Founders and technical decision-makers weighing an upgrade, ELS, or doing nothing

Security says patch now. A responsible upgrade says give it a quarter. This session shows you how to separate those two clocks — so you can get MariaDB 10.6 patched today and upgrade on your own schedule. We’ll keep time at the end for your questions.