Centre issues ‘severe’ warning for iPhone users,

The central government has flagged ‘multiple vulnerabilities’ in Apple products such as iPhones, iPads and more in its most recent warning, which could lead to spoofing or the leaking of sensitive information from the device. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued the advisory on its official platform, flagging the issue as ‘highly severe’.

The central agency flagged these vulnerabilities in Apple software including iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 17.6 and 16.7.9, macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.6, macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.6.8, macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.7.6, watchOS versions prior to 10.6, tvOS versions prior to 17.6, visionOS versions prior to 1.3, and Safari versions prior to 17.6.

CERT asked Apple users to apply necessary software updates as listed by the company to avoid any high-level risks.

Apple has not yet confirmed any security risk from their side.