Update your iPhone now: iOS 18.3.2 patches a serious web browser bug
Published on: 2025-06-21 09:12:00
ZDNET
It's time once again to update your iPhones, iPads, Macs, and even your Vision Pro headsets, as Apple has just released a patch to address a serious bug that the company claims is currently being exploited by hackers to gain access to devices.
iOS 18.3.2 (along with iPadOS 18.3.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2, VisionOS 2.3.2, and Safari 18.3.1 for Macs running Ventura and Sonoma) includes a supplementary patch for a bug that Apple previously addressed in iOS 17.2. This update fixes a sandbox vulnerability in WebKit.
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The sandbox is a security mechanism that isolates web pages from the rest of the system, preventing websites from accessing or interfering with other system components. Since this sandbox bug allowed "maliciously crafted web content to break out of the Web Content sandbox," and WebKit is the engine that powers the Safari browser along with all other third-party browsers running on iOS an
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