--- title: Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day exploited in the wild description: Apple patched CVE-2026-20700, a zero-day vulnerability in dyld (dynamic linker) affecting every iOS version since 1.0. Discovered by Google's Threat Analysis... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-patches-decade-old-ios-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild-lhxhv3c7s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day exploited in the wild | daily.dev og:description: Apple patched CVE-2026-20700, a zero-day vulnerability in dyld (dynamic linker) affecting every iOS version since 1.0. Discovered by Google's Threat Analysis... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-patches-decade-old-ios-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild-lhxhv3c7s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LhXhV3c7S.png og:image:alt: Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day exploited in the wild 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 patches decade-old iOS zero-day exploited in the wild **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple patched CVE-2026-20700, a zero-day vulnerability in dyld (dynamic linker) affecting every iOS version since 1.0. Discovered by Google's Threat Analysis Group, the flaw allows attackers with memory write capability to execute arbitrary code and was exploited in sophisticated targeted attacks, possibly by commercial spyware vendors. When chained with WebKit vulnerabilities, it enables zero-click or one-click device takeover. The iOS 26.3 update closes this decade-old security gap along with other vulnerabilities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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