Hackers Exploit WhatsApp Security Flaw in ‘Sophisticated’ Attacks. Patch Now!

WhatsApp is warning that threat actors are exploiting a security flaw to malicious ends – urging those targeted to patch their software ASAP.

Unnamed threat actors may have deployed attacks on “specific targeted users,” the Meta-owned company said last week in a security advisory.

The company also sent individual notices to the targeted people.

‘A sophisticated attack’

Tracked as CVE-2025-55177, this critical weakness is described as “Incomplete authorization of linked device synchronizat