New PS5 Relapse Exploit Breaks Into the Kernel Across Years of Firmware Releases
Researchers released Relapse, a tethered PS5 jailbreak chaining a WebKit browser flaw with a kernel bug affecting firmware 7.00–13.60.
The Relapse exploit chain, published on GitHub around September 29, 2026, targets PS5 and PS5 Pro firmware 7.00 through 13.60 using a WebKit browser flaw followed by a kernel exploit granting kernel read/write and unsigned code execution. The tethered jailbreak launches an ELF loader for homebrew payloads and must be rerun after every reboot. Sony's firmware 14.00, released mid-September 2026, closes the flaw, and system software cannot be officially downgraded.
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