Supported Operating Systems for the Endpoint Security Client

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

Version	Editions	Supported starting from
11 26H2	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E89.26 VPN Standalone Client E89.20
11 26H1 (ARM only)	Enterprise Pro	GA support: Endpoint Security Client E89.30
11 25H2	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E89.05 VPN Standalone Client E89.00
11 24H2 (LTSC)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E88.41 VPN Standalone Client E88.40
11 23H2	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E87.62 VPN Standalone Client E87.60
11 22H2	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E86.70
11 21H2	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.40
10 22H2	Enterprise Pro	EA support: Endpoint Security Client E86.80 GA support: Endpoint Security Client E87.00
10 21H2 (LTSC)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E86.00
10 21H1 (version 2103)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
10 20H2 (version 2009)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
10 20H1 (version 2004)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
10 19H2 (version 1909)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
10 19H1 (version 1903)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
10 (version 1809) (LTSC)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
10 (version 1803)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
10 (version 1709)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
10 (version 1607) (LTSB)	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
8.1 Update 1	Enterprise Pro	Endpoint Security Client E85.00
7 SP1 Microsoft update KB3033929	Enterprise Professional	Endpoint Security Client E85.00

Notes:

For existing deployments, before upgrading your OS version, you must first upgrade the Endpoint Security Client to a version that supports the desired OS version based on the table above.
E89.20 is the last version supported on 32-bit Microsoft Operating Systems.
Full Disk Encryption is not supported on 32-bit Microsoft Operating Systems in E89.20 version.
E89.10 is the last version supported on Windows 7 and Windows 8. For additional information on Microsoft Legacy Operating Systems support, refer to sk183765.
Windows Operating Systems are supported according to Check Point Client Support life cycles, also on Virtual Machines. However, there is no dedicated QA process for all possible variants of Windows. If you encounter a specific issue related to a different edition of a supported Windows operating system version, Check Point will provide best-effort support through R&D assistance.

Microsoft Windows Server

Version	Editions	Supported starting from	Supported Features
2025 64-bit	All	E88.61	Anti-Bot and URL Filtering, Anti-Malware, Anti-Ransomware, Behavioral Guard and Forensics, Compliance and Posture, Firewall and Application Control, Media Encryption & Port Protection, Threat Emulation.
2022 64-bit	All	E85.40	Compliance, Anti-Malware, Firewall, Application Control, Forensics, Anti-Ransomware, Anti-Bot, Threat Emulation, Media Encryption & Port Protection.
2019 64-bit	All	E85.00	Compliance, Anti-Malware, Firewall, Application Control, Forensics, Anti-Ransomware, Anti-Bot, Threat Emulation, Media Encryption & Port Protection.
2016 64-bit	All	E85.00	Compliance, Anti-Malware, Firewall, Application Control, Forensics, Anti-Ransomware, Anti-Bot, Threat Emulation.
2012 R2 64-bit	All	E85.00	Compliance, Anti-Malware, Firewall, Application Control, Forensics, Anti-Ransomware, Anti-Bot, Threat Emulation.
2012 64-bit	All	E85.00	Compliance, Anti-Malware, Firewall, Application Control, Forensics, Anti-Ransomware, Anti-Bot, Threat Emulation.
2008 R2 32/64-bit	All	E85.00	Compliance, Anti-Malware, Firewall, Application Control, Forensics, Anti-Ransomware, Anti-Bot, Threat Emulation.

Notes:

Windows Server CORE is not supported.
E89.10 is the last version supported on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012. For additional information on Microsoft Legacy operating systems support, refer to sk183765.
If you install a client package with features that are not supported on the server, the installation succeeds but only the supported features are installed.
The Anti-Exploit feature is supported starting from the Windows 2016 64-bit version.

macOS

macOS Version	Supported starting from
macOS Golden Gate (27)	EA support: Endpoint Security Client E89.40
macOS Tahoe (26)	Endpoint Security Client E89.20
macOS Sequoia (15)	EA support: Endpoint Security Client E88.70 GA support: Endpoint Security Client E89.00
macOS Sonoma (14)	EA support: Endpoint Security Client E87.60 GA support: Endpoint Security Client E87.70
macOS Ventura (13)	EA support: Endpoint Security Client E86.80 GA support: Endpoint Security Client E87.00
macOS Monterey (12)	EA support: Endpoint Security Client E85.30 GA support: Endpoint Security Client E86.20
macOS Big Sur (11)	Endpoint Security Client E84.30
macOS Catalina (10.15)	Endpoint Security Client E82.00

Notes:

For existing Endpoint Security deployments, before upgrading your OS version, you must first upgrade the Endpoint Security Client to a version that supports the desired OS version based on the table above.
For macOS 26.4/26.4.1 support, see sk184905.
For computers running Endpoint Security with Threat Prevention Software Blades (Anti-Bot and URL Filtering, Anti-Ransomware and Forensics, and Threat Emulation), macOS 26.3 is supported starting from E89.21.
E89.23 is the last version supported on macOS 11 (Big Sur), macOS 12 (Monterey), macOS 13 (Ventura).
Starting from E88.30, new features do not include support for macOS 10.15.
Starting from E89.00, macOS 10.15 is not supported.

Linux

Distribution / OS Version	1.34.2	1.32.2	1.30.8	1.28.15	1.28.14	1.28.12	1.28.11	1.26.8	1.24.02	1.22.18	1.22.16	1.22.12	1.20.7	1.18.16	1.18.12	1.15.10	1.15.7	1.13.3	1.13.2
Ubuntu 26.04
Ubuntu 25.10
Ubuntu 24.04.5
Ubuntu 24.04.1
Ubuntu 24.04 (64-bit)
Ubuntu 22.04 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 22.04 - 22.04.3)
Ubuntu 20.04 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 20.04 - 20.04.6)
Ubuntu 18.04* (64-bit) (Supported versions: 18.04 - 18.04.6)
Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit)
Alma Linux 10.2
Alma Linux 10.1
Alma Linux 10
Alma Linux 9.8
Alma Linux 9.7
Alma Linux 9.6
Alma Linux 9.5
Alma Linux 9 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 9.0 - 9.3)
Alma Linux 8 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 8.9 and 8.10)
Amazon Linux 2023
Amazon Linux 2 (64-bit)
CentOS 8* (64-bit) (Supported versions: 8.0 - 8.5)
CentOS 7 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 7.8 and 7.9)
Debian Linux 13.6
Debian Linux 13.5
Debian Linux 13.4
Debian Linux 13.3
Debian Linux 13.2
Debian Linux 13 (64-bit)
Debian Linux 12.15
Debian Linux 12 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 12.6 - 12.14)
Debian Linux 12 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 12.0 - 12.5)
Debian Linux 11* (64-bit)
Debian Linux 10* (64-bit)
Debian Linux 9* (64-bit)
Fedora 39¹
Fedora 38¹
Fedora 37
Fedora 36
Fedora 35
Fedora 34
Mint 22.3
Mint 22.2
Mint 22.1
Mint 22
Mint 21.3
OpenSUSE Leap 16.0
OpenSUSE Leap 15.6
OpenSUSE 15.4 and OpenSUSE 15.5
OpenSUSE 42.3
Oracle Linux 10.2
Oracle Linux 10.1
Oracle Linux 10
Oracle Linux 9.8
Oracle Linux 9.7
Oracle Linux 9.6
Oracle Linux 9.5
Oracle Linux 9.4
Oracle Linux 8 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 8.0 - 8.10)
Oracle Linux 7.9 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.2 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.8 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.7 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.6 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.5 FIPS Mode
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9¹ (64-bit) (Supported versions: 9.0 - 9.5)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 8.0 - 8.9)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.10 (64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 7.8 and 7.9)
Rocky 10.2
Rocky 10.1
Rocky 10
Rocky 9.8
Rocky 9.7
Rocky 9.5
Rocky 8.10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 16 (64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 15SP7)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 15SP2 and 15SP3)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 (64-bit) (Supported versions: 12SP5)

¹ Only Anti-Malware support.

Hardware Requirements for Linux Endpoints

These are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for Linux endpoints that run the Endpoint Security client:

Component	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	2 cores	4 cores
RAM	4 GB	8 GB
Disk space	5 GB	10 GB