Just by itself WordPress will not change the post status. However, if you have a plugin like Draft Scheduler installed, drafts will be published automatically, possibly with some interval. So, you should check your plugins on this type of activity.
Another possibility would be that a backup of the database has been installed after a crash, but you would probably have noticed that.
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