Supported OS version details
| vSphere | Bare Metal | Nutanix | CloudStack | Snow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| Bottlerocket 1.68.0 | ✔ | — | — | — | — |
| RHEL 8.x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| RHEL 9.x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
* Bottlerocket v1.68.0 applies to Kubernetes versions 1.31 through 1.35. Kubernetes versions 1.29 and 1.30 remain on Bottlerocket v1.54.0.
* Starting with EKS-A minor release v0.25.0, the bundled Kubernetes Image Builder will no longer support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS builds, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended, and the upstream Kubernetes Image Builder no longer supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
* RHEL 8's kernel version (4.18) is not supported by kubeadm for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above (see Kubernetes GitHub issue #129462). As a result, EKS Anywhere does not support using RHEL 8 as the node operating system for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above.
Changed
- EKS Distro:
- Cilium:
v1.18.9-1tov1.18.16-3(#5762) - Bottlerocket:
v1.54.0tov1.68.0for Kubernetes versions 1.31 through 1.35 (#5766)
Fixed
- Removed trust in the compromised eMudhra (emSign) certificate authorities (CVE-2026-113470, CVE-2026-111943). EKS Anywhere binaries and component images are now built with Go
v1.26.10, and EKS Distro base images, HookOS, Cilium and Bottlerocket no longer trust theemSign ECC Root CA - G3,emSign Root CA - C1andemSign ECC Root CA - C3roots. (#10993, #5735, #5739, #5743, #5748, #5751, #5762, #5766)