Apple users warned about high-risk security vulnerabilities

Apple users should make sure to keep up with the latest software updates.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has announced a high-risk warning for Apple users with devices running iOS, macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS.

On September 19th, not long after Apple launched its latest iPhone 16 smartphone, CERT-in released a warning about a number of vulnerabilities detected in Apple devices that affected their software.

The CERT-In provided a list of affected software:

• iOS: Versions prior to 18 and 17.7
• iPadOS: Versions prior to 18 and 17.7
• macOS Sonoma: Versions prior to 14.7
• macOS Ventura: Versions prior to 13.7
• macOS Sequoia: Versions prior to 15
• tvOS: Versions prior to 18
• watchOS: Versions prior to 11
• Safari: Versions prior to 18
• Xcode: Versions prior to 16
• visionOS: Versions prior to 2

What are the risks in question? According to CERT-In, these vulnerabilities could provide attackers with “sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, cause denial of service (DoS) conditions, bypass authentication, gain elevated privileges and perform spoofing attacks on the targeted system.”

To minimize risks, users are recommended to update their devices to the latest software versions.