The July 2026 Apple Security Update Review
Brief
Welcome to our monthly look at Apple security patches. This release shows that Apple is not immune to the bug apocalypse that is impacting other vendors. Last month, they released 37 unique CVEs compare to this month’s 210. Quite a jump. For July 2026, Apple released 210 unique CVEs across iOS/iPadOS 26. 6, macOS Tahoe 26. 6, macOS Sequoia 15.
- 8, macOS Sonoma 14.
- 8, tvOS 26. 6, watchOS 26. 6, visionOS 26.
6, and Safari 26.
- Since Apple doesn’t provide CVSS scores or other severity information, we’re left to speculate on which of these bugs is the most severe. However, there are a couple that stand out.
- CVE-2026-43818 (ImageIO) – This bug could allow the “Processing [of] a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution."