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iOS 26.3 Public

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Public release

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About this appearance

The public iOS 26.3 release was a security-heavy maintenance update with no itemized consumer feature list and a wide first-party advisory.

Date
Feb 11, 2026
Availability
available
Revision
No

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Appearance sources

These sources support the recorded date, channel, or availability. A researched release-notes article has not been added.

  1. About the security content of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · dyld — CVE-2026-20700; Apple’s qualified exploitation statement

  2. About the security content of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3; released February 11, 2026

  3. About iOS 26 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iOS 26.3

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

security · fixed

dyld memory-corruption fix with qualified attack context

documentedconfirmed

Apple fixed CVE-2026-20700 and said the underlying report concerned an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions before iOS 26; this entry does not claim exploitation of iOS 26.3.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 · dyld — CVE-2026-20700; Apple’s qualified exploitation statement

security · fixed

Kernel, privilege, and network protections

documentedconfirmed

The release addressed kernel stability, root-privilege, and privileged-network interception issues documented for supported devices.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 · iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3; released February 11, 2026

security · fixed

Locked-device privacy protections

documentedconfirmed

Apple corrected multiple paths that could expose sensitive information to someone with physical access to a locked device.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 · iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3; released February 11, 2026

security · fixed

WebKit stability and tracking protections

documentedconfirmed

Apple documented WebKit fixes for denial of service, process crashes, and tracking through Safari web extensions.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 · iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3; released February 11, 2026

security · fixed

Sensitive-data, permission, and sandbox hardening

documentedconfirmed

The advisory documents fixes for inappropriate data access, privacy-preference bypasses, app enumeration, and sandbox escape paths.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 · iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3; released February 11, 2026