The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward

For a few years now , the PS5 hacking community has been chipping away at various exploits that let users fully jailbreak their locked-down console. For the most part, though, those exploits have only worked with years-old versions of the PS5's frequently updated firmware , making them less than useful for many everyday users. That changed Tuesday with the release of the new Relapse exploit , which works with any PS5 up to firmware version 13.6 (released in July). That means jailbreaking is now possible on any PS5 that was last updated before the mid-September release of firmware version 14.00.00 . The so-called Relapse exploit makes use of a long-known WebKit vulnerability in the PS5's hard-to-access web browser , escalating from there to gain write access to the PS5 kernel and install an ELF loader to streamline the running of arbitrary code. The new method is also a lot more efficient than previous PS5 jailbreak exploits, which could hang the system for 50 minutes per attempt . Read full article Comments

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