--- title: Apple Breaks Precedent, Patches DarkSword for iOS 18 description: Apple has extended patches for the DarkSword iOS exploit chain to iOS 18 users who had not upgraded to iOS 26, breaking its usual precedent of leaving... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-breaks-precedent-patches-darksword-for-ios-18-pdlpe1qbr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple Breaks Precedent, Patches DarkSword for iOS 18 | daily.dev og:description: Apple has extended patches for the DarkSword iOS exploit chain to iOS 18 users who had not upgraded to iOS 26, breaking its usual precedent of leaving... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-breaks-precedent-patches-darksword-for-ios-18-pdlpe1qbr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pdLpe1qbr.png og:image:alt: Apple Breaks Precedent, Patches DarkSword for iOS 18 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple Breaks Precedent, Patches DarkSword for iOS 18 **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 6 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple has extended patches for the DarkSword iOS exploit chain to iOS 18 users who had not upgraded to iOS 26, breaking its usual precedent of leaving capable-but-unwilling upgraders unprotected. DarkSword leaked to GitHub on March 22, prompting Apple to act within about a week. Unlike Coruna — a related exploit kit that rooted devices — DarkSword avoids rooting and instead inherits process privileges, making it harder to detect. Security researchers warn that the gap between public exposure and patching represents a serious enterprise risk, particularly for organizations using n-minus-one patching policies. Experts also caution that the market for iOS n-day exploit kits is growing rapidly, with prices falling and more kits likely in circulation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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