The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward

New Exploit Expands Jailbreak Compatibility

The new Relapse exploit 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.

Technical Details

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.

Performance Improvement

The new method is also a lot more efficient than previous PS5 jailbreak exploits, which could hang the system for 50 minutes per attempt.