Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix
Apple has fixed a security vulnerability in its iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 operating systems that the company says “may have been exploited” by hackers. The tech giant said the now-fixed bug could be used to launch “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 27.”
According to a listing on Apple’s security pages, the bug was found in the main graphics engine that powers the user interface and visuals on iPhones, iPads and Macs.
Meta’s product security team was credited with the discovery.
Details of the bug, officially classed as CVE-2026-86950, were not released, but a device’s graphics engine typically has broad access to the rest of the device’s operating system. A successful exploit could potentially allow a hacker to steal a broad range of personal data from an affected device.
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