New Delhi, May 13 -- The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has issued a high-severity alert for Apple device users, highlighting a critical vulnerability in certain versions of iOS and iPadOS. The warning, released on 12 May, describes the flaw as posing a "very high" security risk to users of iPhones and iPads running outdated software versions.

According to CERT-In, the vulnerability affects iPhones from the iPhone XS onwards that are operating on versions earlier than iOS 18.3. Affected iPad models include the iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 10.5-inch, and iPad 6th generation running iPadOS versions prior to 17.7.3. In addition, newer models s...