About the security content of iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1

This update delivers security fixes that were first made available in the iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 betas. This document describes the security content of iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1.

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iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1

Released August 17, 2026

Audio

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2026-65339: Mustafa Calap (@ordinal0, dbg.re), Meta Red Team X - Nik Tsytsarkin

Entry updated September 14, 2026

Authentication Services

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A website may be able to determine a user's IP address with Private Relay turned on

Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2026-65355: Xint Code

Entry added September 14, 2026

ImageIO

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2026-65347: Geonha Lee (@leegn4a)

ImageIO

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2026-65346: Meta Red Team X - Nik Tsytsarkin

IOGPUFamily

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2026-64788: an anonymous researcher, f00l (@PPPF00L) and 3ndy1(@_3ndy1) and Minghao Lin@Y1nkoc and 云散花折, Arjanit Isufi

Entry updated September 14, 2026

IOMobileFrameBuffer

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2026-64736: Ruslan Dautov, hxr1

Entry added September 14, 2026

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2026-65343: Drinor Selmanaj (Sentry), Surya Narayan Kushwaha

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2026-65349: an anonymous researcher

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2026-65330: Ashish Kunwar, Mikhail Lozhnikov of Positive Technologies, Bhaswanth Chigurupati, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

CVE-2026-28935: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

Entry updated September 14, 2026

Telephony

Available for: iPhone 11 and later

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to bypass IPSec authentication and intercept network traffic

Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2026-65329: Bedran Karakoc, Tobias Funke, Jacopo Clark, Katharina Kohls of Ruhr University Bochum

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

WebKit Bugzilla: 317632

CVE-2026-64784: Janggoon Lee of Out of Bounds, OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 313452

CVE-2026-43795: wwwlk

WebKit Bugzilla: 318348

CVE-2026-65338: OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 318405

CVE-2026-65341: Henock Habte

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.

WebKit Bugzilla: 321480

CVE-2026-64782: Charles Kern, Seonwook Kim, Shubham Chaskar, lattice, Josef Korbel

Entry updated September 14, 2026

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: The issue was addressed with improved input validation.

WebKit Bugzilla: 321484

CVE-2026-64781: Thomas Guillem

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 321517

CVE-2026-65351: Niels Hofmans

WebKit Bugzilla: 316996

CVE-2026-65340: Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos, Josef Korbel (Citadelo)

WebKit Bugzilla: 317142

CVE-2026-65337: OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

WebKit Bugzilla: 317349

CVE-2026-65336: Josef Korbel

WebKit Bugzilla: 316723

CVE-2026-65335: OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

WebKit Bugzilla: 317603

CVE-2026-65333: OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

WebKit Bugzilla: 317450

CVE-2026-65332: Kun Peeks (@SwayZGl1tZyyy), OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

WebKit Bugzilla: 317611

CVE-2026-65331: OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

Entry updated September 14, 2026

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 316347

CVE-2026-64715: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of TrendAI Zero Day Initiative

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

WebKit Bugzilla: 316918

CVE-2026-64780: OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 316791

CVE-2026-65334: OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

WebKit Bugzilla: 317317

CVE-2026-43794: Dung Do (@_piers2) of Calif.io

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process termination

Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 313703

CVE-2026-64787: 杉山 壮太, Shubham Chaskar

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A website may be able to determine a user's IP address with Private Relay turned on

Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 321065

CVE-2026-65352: Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk of Mysk Inc. @mysk_co

Entry added September 14, 2026

WebKit History

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may leak sensitive data

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

WebKit Bugzilla: 322124

CVE-2026-64778: Mohit Negi

WebKit Storage

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.

WebKit Bugzilla: 321485

CVE-2026-64779: Shubham Chaskar, Tommy DeVoss from Braze Security Team (@thedawgyg)

WebRTC

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

WebKit Bugzilla: 322761

CVE-2026-65391: Myungyong Lee

Entry added September 14, 2026

WebRTC

Available for: iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 8th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption

Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2026-65390: Kwak Kiyong (@Pwnkai23), Song Nuri

Entry added September 14, 2026

Additional recognition

Compression

We would like to acknowledge Tommy DeVoss from Braze Security Team (@thedawgyg) for their assistance.

libcryptex

We would like to acknowledge Ashish Kunwar for their assistance.

WebKit

We would like to acknowledge Henock Habte for their assistance.

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