Apple Fixes 28 Security Vulnerabilities Across macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
Brief
Apple has released security updates for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, addressing 28 vulnerabilities that could expose users to data leakage, application crashes, kernel memory access, and arbitrary code execution.
The updates were released on August 17, 2026 , and include macOS Tahoe 26.
- 2, iOS 26.
- 1, iPadOS 26.
- 1, iOS 18.
- 10, and iPadOS 18.
- 10. The company said the patches include fixes that were previously delivered through iOS, iPadOS, and macOS beta releases.
Apple follows a policy of withholding technical details about security flaws until it completes an investigation and security updates are broadly available.
Several flaws affect components that process media, web content, and graphics. Apple fixed an integer overflow in ImageIO that could allow a specially crafted image to trigger arbitrary code execution.