(Eagle News) — Apple has reported major security loopholes in some iPhones, iPads and Mac computers which could allow hackers to hijack the said devices.

The giant tech firm issued two security reports describing the vulnerabilities patched by its latest software updates and admitted it is “aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.”

Apple credited the work of an “anonymous researcher” in discovering the flaws but shared few details about the vulnerabilities.

The Silicon Valley-based company urged users to install emergency software updates, which were released Wednesday, August 17 and Thursday August 18.

The affected devices are iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation). Devices running macOS Monterey 12.5.1 should also be updated as well as the Safari browser running on macOS Big Sur and Catalina.

Apple said that due to “an out-of-bounds write issue” both in iOS and macOS, a malicious application would be “able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges,” before the latest patches.

Apple, however, did not reveal how many customers might have been affected by the exploit, and said it would maintain similar secrecy and not “disclose, discuss, or confirm” any future security issues “until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available.”

(Eagle News Service)