Apple Patches 87 Vulnerabilities in iOS, 155 in macOS Tahoe

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Apple announced on Monday that it has released patches for dozens of vulnerabilities discovered recently in its operating systems.

The company patched 87 vulnerabilities with the release of iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6.

The flaws can be exploited to access sensitive user data, fingerprint users, cause a DoS condition, execute arbitrary code, delete files, modify the file system, bypass security, add contacts without authorization, spoof the UI, and escalate privileges.

In macOS Tahoe 26.6, Apple fixed 155 vulnerabilities, including ones allowing access to sensitive user data, arbitrary code execution, security bypasses, and DoS attacks.

macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 includes fixes for 138 security holes, while macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 resolves 127 issues.

Many of the vulnerabilities were patched across all of these platforms.

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