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Maybe because of the privilege escalation that was just found in glibc?
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-glibc-flaw-lets-attackers-get-root-on-major-distros/
They announced dropping the old glibc version half a year ago, so I doubt that's the reason. Besides, most LTS releases backport security fixes like these to old versions, so there's no reason to assume an old version number is vulnerable necessarily.