Critical Apple Flaw Exploited in ‘Sophisticated’ Attacks, Company Urges Rapid Patching

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Critical Apple Flaw Exploited in ‘Sophisticated’ Attacks, Company Urges Rapid Patching

Techrepublic •Ken Underhill • February 12, 2026

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Apple urges users to update after patching CVE-2026-20700, a zero-day flaw exploited in sophisticated targeted attacks across multiple devices.

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Apple Addresses Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Sophisticated Attacks Apple has released security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20700, that was exploited in highly sophisticated attacks targeting specific individuals. The flaw, an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in dyld, affects multiple Apple operating systems, including iOS and macOS, allowing attackers with memory write capability to execute arbitrary code on affected devices. 51 sources 60

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