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Posted on 12 February 2026
Apple Security-announceAPPLE-SA-02-11-2026-8 visionOS 26.3
visionOS 26.3 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/126353.
Apple maintains a Security Releases page at
https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-20625: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Ryan Dowd (@_rdowd)
Bluetooth
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to
perform denial-of-service attack using crafted Bluetooth packets
Description: A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2026-20650: jioundai
CFNetwork
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A remote user may be able to write arbitrary files
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2026-20660: Amy (amys.website)
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to
unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-20611: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CoreMedia
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of-
service or potentially disclose memory contents
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-20609: Yi=C4=9Fit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)
CoreServices
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-20617: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman), Csaba Fitzl
(@theevilbit) of Iru
CoreServices
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2026-20615: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Iru and Gergely Kalman
(@gergely_kalman)
CoreServices
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An issue existed in the handling of environment variables.
This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-20627: an anonymous researcher
dyld
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An attacker with memory write capability may be able to execute
arbitrary code. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been
exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted
individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-14174 and
CVE-2025-43529 were also issued in response to this report.
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-20700: Google Threat Analysis Group
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to disclosure of
user information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2026-20675: George Karchemsky (@gkarchemsky) working with Trend
Micro Zero Day Initiative
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure
of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-20634: George Karchemsky (@gkarchemsky) working with Trend
Micro Zero Day Initiative
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-20654: Jian Lee (@speedyfriend433)
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20626: Keisuke Hosoda
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to
intercept network traffic
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20671: Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian,
Zhaowei Tan, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Mathy Vanhoef
libexpat
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of-
service
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple
Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a
third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2025-59375
Messages
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved handling of
symbolic links.
CVE-2026-20677: Ron Masas of BreakPoint.SH
Model I/O
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected
app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-20616: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative
Sandbox
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-20628: Noah Gregory (wts.dev)
Shortcuts
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-20653: Enis Maholli (enismaholli.com)
StoreKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to identify what other apps a user has
installed
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20641: Gongyu Ma (@Mezone0)
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 303959
CVE-2026-20652: Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon)
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 303357
CVE-2026-20608: HanQing from TSDubhe and Nan Wang (@eternalsakura13)
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A website may be able to track users through Safari web
extensions
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 305020
CVE-2026-20676: Tom Van Goethem
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 303444
CVE-2026-20644: HanQing from TSDubhe and Nan Wang (@eternalsakura13)
WebKit Bugzilla: 304657
CVE-2026-20636: EntryHi
WebKit Bugzilla: 304661
CVE-2026-20635: EntryHi
Wi-Fi
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-20621: Wang Yu of Cyberserval
Additional recognition
Bluetooth
We would like to acknowledge Tommaso Sacchetti for their assistance.
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL,
Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab for their assistance.
libpthread
We would like to acknowledge Fabiano Anemone for their assistance.
NetworkExtension
We would like to acknowledge Gongyu Ma (@Mezone0) for their assistance.
Shortcuts
We would like to acknowledge Robert Reichel for their assistance.
Transparency
We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Regula of SecuRing
(wojciechregula.blog) for their assistance.
Wallet
We would like to acknowledge Lorenzo Santina (@BigNerd95) and Marco
Bartoli (@wsxarcher) for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge David Wood, EntryHi, Luigino Camastra of
Aisle Research, Stanislav Fort of Aisle Research, Vsevolod Kokorin
(Slonser) of Solidlab and Jorian Woltjer for their assistance.
Instructions on how to update visionOS are available
at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214009
To check the software version on your Apple Vision Pro,
open the Settings app and choose General > About.
All information is also posted on the Apple Security Releases
web site: https://support.apple.com/100100.
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