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title: "Introducing a Security Support Policy for the Kotlin Standard Library"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-a-security-support-policy-for-the-kotlin-standard-library-w6givqjtc
source_url: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026/05/security-support-policy-for-the-kotlin-standard-library
type: article
source: "JetBrains"
published: 2026-05-20T21:03:50.479Z
updated: 2026-05-20T21:04:26.270Z
tags: ["security", "kotlin", "jetbrains"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Introducing a Security Support Policy for the Kotlin Standard Library

**[JetBrains](https://daily.dev/sources/jetbrains)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

JetBrains is introducing a formal 18-month security support policy for the Kotlin standard library (JVM kotlin-stdlib), starting with Kotlin 2.4. Each release line receives security backports for 18 months from its .0 release date, with patches published simultaneously across all active supported lines. The policy addresses a gap for organizations in regulated industries (finance, banking) that require documented support windows for compliance reviews. Scope is limited to the JVM runtime artifact; compile-time tooling is excluded. CVEs will be assigned where applicable, and a dedicated support page on kotlinlang.org will track active lines and end-of-support dates. Teams are advised to pin their stdlib version explicitly to ensure the patched version is resolved correctly by Gradle or Maven.

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