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Apple has confirmed critical zero-day vulnerabilities in iPhones that were actively exploited. These flaws impact WebKit, the browser engine used by Safari and other iOS browsers, posing a device-wide risk.
Vulnerability Details: Two iPhone zero-day vulnerabilities were actively exploited in highly targeted attacks. "Apple confirmed that two iPhone zero-day vulnerabilities were actively exploited in highly targeted attacks."
Impact: Both flaws impact WebKit, the browser engine used by Safari and every iOS browser, making this a device-wide risk. "Both flaws impact WebKit, the browser engine used by Safari and every iOS browser, making this a device-wide risk."
Mitigation: Apple released iOS 26.2 to patch the exploited bugs. Updating to iOS 26.2 is currently the only effective mitigation. "Apple released iOS 26.2 to patch the exploited bugs."
Note: If you are on iOS 26.1 and have enabled Background Security Improvements, your iPhone may already be protected. "There is no need to update 'NOW', if you are on 26.1 already... Apple has already enabled a feature in iOS 26.1. called Background Security Improvements, which performs these updates on the fly."
A critical Remote Code Execution (RCE)