Fact checkCEH v13
Which CEH version is current?
CEH v13 is the current version of the Certified Ethical Hacker as of Oct 11, 2026, in place since 2024, and EC-Council has announced no v14. The exam you book today is coded 312-50, with no version suffix.
- Exam
- 312-50
- Checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- Source
- EC-Council, Certified Ethical Hacker program page
What v13 means for your prep
EC-Council markets v13 under an AI label, and its course outline threads AI through several modules: AI-driven ethical hacking in the introduction, AI-powered OSINT in footprinting, scanning with AI, AI-powered vulnerability assessment tools, and AI-based malware. These sit inside the 20 modules as subtopics, under a nine-domain blueprint in force since April 2024.
The exam follows blueprint v5.0, effective April 2024. EC-Council still links it from its certification page and embeds it in its 2026 candidate handbook (v7.3), so that is the document to trust for domain weights; the CEH exam format page charts them.
Exam day looks the same on paper whatever your book says: EC-Council lists 125 multiple-choice questions, four hours, and a cut score set per form between 60% and 85%, taken by remote proctoring or at a Pearson VUE center.
A v12 book is still worth keeping. Spend your checking time on the items below, where older material drifts, and skip re-reading chapters that match the v13 module list.
Check an older book against these
- AI subtopics in footprinting, scanning, vulnerability analysis and malware
- OWASP Top 10 edition: the v13 outline names 2021, and OWASP published a 2025 edition. Note which edition a question names.
- OWASP Mobile Top 10 2024, named in the mobile module
- MITRE ATT&CK tactic names: the current matrix lists Stealth where Defense Evasion used to be
- CVSS: version 4.0 replaces the Temporal metric group with Threat
- DoD 8570 references, which EC-Council now describes as replaced by DoD 8140
Version labels you will run into
| Label | What it means |
|---|---|
| CEH v13 | The current version, per EC-Council, since 2024 |
| CEH v12 | The previous version |
| 312-50 | The exam code on EC-Council's certification pages |
| 312-50v12, 312-50v13 | Version-suffixed codes used by third-party listings |
| Blueprint v5.0 | The exam blueprint in force, effective April 2024: 9 domains weighted from 5% to 24% |
| CEH Master | Not a version: the title for passing both the knowledge exam and the CEH Practical |
Sources
- EC-Council, Certified Ethical Hacker program page
- EC-Council certification site, Certified Ethical Hacker
- EC-Council certification FAQ
- EC-Council, CEH Exam Blueprint v5.0 (PDF, effective April 2024)
- EC-Council, CEH Candidate Handbook v7.3 (PDF)
- EC-Council, exam retake policy
- EC-Council, CEH Master
- OWASP Top 10:2025
- MITRE ATT&CK, Enterprise tactics
- FIRST, CVSS v4.0