Safari 16.5 Issues, Features, Bug Fixes, Security Update

safari 16.5 update

Safari 16.5 update


Apple has released Safari 16.5 update along with macOS Ventura 13.4, macOS Monterey 12.6.6 and macOS Big Sur 11.7.7! It includes security improvements and bug fixes. Check out any ongoing issues and new problems before updating!

Safari 16.5 Issues

Problems reported in this update are tracked here along with available workarounds:

  • 1. To be updated. (Contribute in the comments!)

Safari 16.5 Security Fixes

This update addresses five WebKit vulnerabilities:
safari 16.5 security fixes

  • Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information.
  • Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information.
  • Impact: A remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
  • Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

For more details check Apple’s security document dedicated to this update!

Safari 16.5 Features

There are no enhancements mentioned by Apple in the release notes. However, we found some changes in the Developer release notes:
safari 16.5 features

  • 1. Apple Pay – Added support for pre-orders and deferred payments.
  • 2. CSS – Added support for CSS Nesting. | Added support for :user-valid and :user-invalid.
  • 3. Web Inspector – Added initial support for color-mix CSS values.
  • Other new features reported by users are tracked here:

  • 4. To be updated. (Contribute in the comments!)

Safari 16.5 Bug Fixes

The same Developer release notes also highlight as series of Resolved Issues including:

  • CSS: 9 issues fixed.
  • Editing & Forms: 2 bugs fixed.
  • Javascript: 1 problem resolved.
  • Layout: 1 issue addressed.
  • Scrolling: 4 problems fixed.
  • Rendering: 3 bugs addressed.
  • Web API: 3 issues resolved.
  • Media: 3 bugs fixed.
  • Web Apps: 1 issue fixed.
  • Web Assembly: 1 issue fixed.
  • Web Inspector: 3 issues addressed.
  • More: details about this fixes in the Dev release notes here.

Other issues solved, reported by users, are tracked here:

  • To be updated. (Contribute in the comments!)

Safari 16.5 Update

safari 16.5 release notes
This update is automatically included in macOS Ventura13.4, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. However, if your Mac runs macOS Monterey or macOS Big Sur, the 16.5 Safari update is available as additional update:

  • Open System Preferences -> Software Update and make sure that Safari 16.5 is ticked.
  • Fact: You can only update the Safari version or both the browser update and macOS 12.6.6 or macOS 11.7.7!

Have you updated to Safari 16.5? Do you notice any other fixes or features not mentioned in this article? Share your feedback in the comments!

Related: Apple has also rolled out iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5 (20F66), macOS Ventura 13.4 (22F66) and watchOS 9.5 (20T562) and HomePod 16.5!