Apple on Thursday launched the primary replace to iOS 17, bringing bug fixes and safety updates simply days after the main replace arrived on iPhones. Should you’re not working iOS 17 but (or can’t), there’s additionally an replace for iOS 16.

Arriving two weeks after the final minor replace, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7 carry “essential bug fixes and safety updates and is advisable for all customers.” Most notably, the replace consists of three zero-day patches to repair vulnerabilities which will have been exploited: 

Kernel

• Affect: An area attacker could possibly elevate their privileges. Apple is conscious of a report that this concern could have been actively exploited towards variations of iOS earlier than iOS 16.7.
• Description: The problem was addressed with improved checks.
• CVE-2023-41992: Invoice Marczak of The Citizen Lab at The College of Toronto’s Munk College and Maddie Stone of Google’s Risk Evaluation Group

  Safety

• Affect: A malicious app could possibly bypass signature validation. Apple is conscious of a report that this concern could have been actively exploited towards variations of iOS earlier than iOS 16.7.
• Description: A certificates validation concern was addressed.
• CVE-2023-41991: Invoice Marczak of The Citizen Lab at The College of Toronto’s Munk College and Maddie Stone of Google’s Risk Evaluation Group

WebKit

• Affect: Processing internet content material could result in arbitrary code execution. Apple is conscious of a report that this concern could have been actively exploited towards variations of iOS earlier than iOS 16.7.
• Description: The problem was addressed with improved checks.
• CVE-2023-41993: Invoice Marczak of The Citizen Lab at The College of Toronto’s Munk College and Maddie Stone of Google’s Risk Evaluation Group

iOS 16.7 is more likely to be the final main quantity launch, with future updates probably progressing as 16.7.1, 16.7.2, and so forth. Apple will proceed to repair bugs and safety holes for the following yr and ship occasional safety updates after that, however received’t add any new options to iOS 16.