Soon after the launch of the iPhone 16, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a High Severity Alert for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users.
This warning states that several vulnerabilities have been found in Apple products, which can be exploited by hackers to access sensitive information of users.
What harm can vulnerabilities cause?
According to CERT-In, attackers using these vulnerabilities:
Can access sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, create Denial of Service (DoS) conditions, bypass authentication and perform spoofing attacks, and obtain elevated privileges.
Which devices are affected?
Devices affected by this vulnerability:
Apple iOS versions prior to 18, iPadOS versions prior to 18, macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7, macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.7, macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15, Apple tvOS versions prior to 18, Apple watchOS versions prior to 11, Apple Safari versions prior to 18, Apple Xcode versions prior to 16, Apple visionOS versions prior to 2.
What should be done?
CERT-In has advised users to immediately install the latest software updates released by Apple. This will fix these vulnerabilities and the devices will remain secure.
Earlier, CERT-In had also warned users of Google Chrome browser about similar vulnerabilities affecting Windows and macOS users prior to versions 128.0.6613.119/.120.
