{"id":814817,"date":"2026-10-26T22:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T22:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814817\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T22:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T22:16:15","slug":"ios-27-2-fixes-over-160-security-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814817\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27.2 Fixes Over 160 Security Vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 updates fix more than 160 security vulnerabilities, which means it&#8217;s a good idea to install the software as soon as you can.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1038581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/apple-lock-security-bug-vulnerability-fix-privacy.jpg\"   alt=\"apple lock security bug vulnerability fix privacy\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1134\"\/><br \/>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/apple-intelligence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Intelligence<\/a> vulnerability that could let a remote attacker access sensitive data was fixed, as was a Hide My Email bug that could leak the user&#8217;s real email address. There are more than 30 WebKit fixes, and approximately 15 kernel bugs have been addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Six CVEs credit Calif, the team that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/10\/23\/iphone-duo-jailbreak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jailbroke the iPhone Duo<\/a> on launch day and demonstrated an untethered iOS 27.0.1 jailbreak. Calif researcher Stefan Esser recently said that &#8220;most&#8221; of the vulnerabilities used for its jailbreak are fixed in iOS 27.2.<\/p>\n<p>Apple did not say any of the flaws are known to be actively exploited, but with details published, devices that are not updated could be subject to attack.<\/p>\n<p>The number of security fixes in iOS updates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/08\/04\/aple-bug-bounty-limits-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">continues to grow<\/a> as AI models have gotten better at locating vulnerabilities. Anthropic Research is credited on three fixes, and four cite OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has also released iOS 26.7.2 for devices not yet updated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ios-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27<\/a>. It has many of the same security fixes.<\/p>\n<p>Popular Stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/10\/19\/apple-releases-ios-27-2-rc\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Releases iOS 27.2 Release Candidate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple today seeded the release candidate of an upcoming iOS 27.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple released the fourth iOS 27.2 beta. Apple also seeded the iPadOS 27.2 RC.&#13;Registered developers can download the beta updates by opting in under Settings &gt; General &gt; Software Update and selecting the iOS 27 developer beta.&#13;The beta was used&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/28\/apple-releases-ios-27-0-1\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Releases iOS 27.0.1 With Face ID Bug Fix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple today released iOS 27.0.1, the first update for the iOS 27 update that came out two weeks ago. &#13;iOS 27.0.1 can be downloaded over the air by going to Settings &gt; General &gt; Software Update. Apple has also released iPadOS 27.0.1 and visionOS 27.0.1 updates, as well as iOS and iPadOS 26.7.1 updates for devices not updated to iOS and iPadOS 27.&#13;According to Apple&#8217;s release notes, iOS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/10\/02\/att-and-apple-move-to-fix-iphone-18-pro-max-issues\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AT&amp;T and Apple Just Took Steps Toward Fixing iPhone 18 Pro Max Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T and Apple are taking action today as they try to resolve iPhone 18 Pro Max cellular issues, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris.&#13;Thousands of iPhone 18 Pro Max users have been unable to connect to the AT&amp;T network for phone calls, text messages, and data. The underlying cause has yet to be disclosed, but AT&amp;T and Apple continue to work toward a resolution.&#13;First, Apple&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 updates fix more than 160 security vulnerabilities, which means it&#8217;s a good&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[7084,2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-814817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ios-27","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}