iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3
Juli Clover (iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, enterprise, developer):
According to Apple’s release notes, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 include unspecified bug fixes and security updates, but there are a couple features that Apple didn’t highlight [link].
Apple is adding a handful of iPhone features designed to make it easier to use third-party devices in Apple’s ecosystem.
That vulnerability in the dyld dynamic link editor could allow for the execution of arbitrary code, and Apple says the bug may have been exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack” against targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26.
Apple patched a zero-day vulnerability affecting every iOS version since 1.0, used in what the company calls an “extremely sophisticated attack” against targeted individuals.
iPad gets the same treatment as iPhones did on the last release with the 18 update being available only for the iPad 7th generation.
With iPadOS 26.3, when using iPad with Magic Keyboard, still seeing the bug that breaks “Show Links On Hover” in Safari.
Links still don’t display.
Does Instagram Reels make iOS 26.3 Safari freeze for anyone else?
Previously:
- iOS 26.3: Limit Carrier Location Tracking
- iOS 26.2.1
- iOS-Android Data Transfer at Setup
- iOS 26.3: Proximity Pairing in EU
- iOS 26.3: Notification Forwarding in EU
- iPadOS 26.2
Update (2026-02-19): John Gruber:
I upgraded my iPhone 17 Pro to iOS 26.3 this morning (straight from the release version of iOS 26.2 — I skipped the 26.3 betas), and by noon, it was stuck at the lock screen. Pressing and holding the side button and either of the volume buttons at the same time did not bring up the expected screen with “Slide to power off”, “Medical ID”, and “Emergency Call”.
The above force-restart method worked, though.
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Glad to see some rage finally, FINALLY being directed at the policy of cutting off security updates of previous releases to devices capable of the latest version.
Nobody seems upset about Microsoft gating Windows 10 security patches behind a Microsoft account, either.
These are excellent examples of regulators failing to understand and act on fundamental technology issues.
@Chris they did. And they continue to. Except they withhold those security patches as leverage to get people to log in to Microsoft accounts.
If they weren't already creating and distributing the patches that one be one thing. But they are.
There are still many Windows 10 computers connected to the internet and to critical data. Remember all the early Windows worms?
That may or may not happen this time but it's a real possibility that Microsoft has chosen to accept in exchange for Microsoft Account adoption metrics.
