Federal Agency Issues Security Warning for Apple Devices, Gives Three Weeks to Comply

A federal agency sent a warning this week about a vulnerability that impacts iPhones and similar products.

An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, on Aug. 28, 2016. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

This week, a federal agency sent a warning about a vulnerability that impacts iPhones, iPads, Macbooks, and other Apple devices, saying that it could lead to major security breaches.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said on Jan. 30 that the issue, marked as CVE-2022-48618, can bypass “pointer authentication.” It said that not fixing the bug could pose a “significant” risk to the U.S. “federal enterprise.”