Release appearance
iPadOS 26.3 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
The public iPadOS 26.3 release was a security-heavy maintenance update with no itemized consumer feature list and a wide shared advisory.
- Date
- Feb 11, 2026
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Chronology evidence
Appearance sources
These sources support the recorded date, channel, or availability. A researched release-notes article has not been added.
- 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
- About iPadOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 26.3
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
security · fixed
Kernel, privilege, and network protections
The release addressed kernel stability, root-privilege, and privileged-network interception issues documented for supported devices.
- [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
Apple corrected multiple paths that could expose sensitive information to someone with physical access to a locked device.
- [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
Media and image-processing hardening
Apple improved bounds and memory handling across audio, image, and other content-processing components.
- [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
Apple documented WebKit fixes for denial of service, process crashes, and tracking through Safari web extensions.
- [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
The advisory documents fixes for inappropriate data access, privacy-preference bypasses, app enumeration, and sandbox escape paths.
- [1] About the security content of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 · iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3; released February 11, 2026