PS5 Exploit Guide

AlphaBravo · 2026-10-09T10:12:14+0100

ViRGE said:
IMHO, the best way to go would be to bump it up to 7.61 for now. For someone looking to run Linux that is one of the sweet spots right now since it is the highest version with a hypervisor exploit, and it gets access to all sorts of kernel exploits (along with fPKG for games). FW 6.xx is kind of a no-mans land; the scene seems to be coalescing around 4.03, 7.61, and 9.60 as the "popular" early firmwares.

I'm currently testing on 6.02. Describing as "no mans land" is slight exaggeration. Its only fw that doesn't have WebKit userland but not essential. Backporting games to 6.xx is bit more challenging than other fw but a competent backporter will know what to do.

I was tempted to upgrade to 7.61 but no need until 6.xx become problematic or isolated in Ps5 scene. Only reason I would upgrade is if custom firmware became available and jailbreak was no longer untethered.

I kind of regretted upgrading from 5.50fw to 6.02 and won't do that again. You don't know what future holds...

genica · 2026-10-09T10:40:39+0100

SonGoku78 said:
I dont have an m2 installed internally yet, so i its installed in the internal ssd.
If yours is installed in the internal m2 slot, maybe try moving it to internal.
I had problems with gt7 on my legit online console (around fw 10 times i think) while it was installed in the m2 slot ssd. Crashed sometimes too. Moved to internal and problems gone for gt7.

And make sure to use the backport files of hs2005, not the ones on dlps, they threw the same error for me

That was the problem. The game plays perfectly fine now. Rebirth and gran turismo 7 needs to be installed internal for the backport to work for 4.03

Inaki · 2026-10-09T11:05:21+0100

genica said:
That was the problem. The game plays perfectly fine now. Rebirth and gran turismo 7 needs to be installed internal for the backport to work for 4.03

I use GT7 dump in an external SSD via USB3 on 4.50, it works perfectly fine.

genica · 2026-10-09T11:41:11+0100

Inaki said:
I use GT7 dump in an external SSD via USB3 on 4.50, it works perfectly fine.

The PS5 version with the latest fixes?

AlphaBravo · 2026-10-09T11:43:22+0100

kam821 said:
Isn't this some shady guy?

View attachment 594878

https://kotaku.com/ai-bro-defends-s...sion-by-invoking-freedom-of-speech-2000741098

Don't know much about them but they were threatening to release private keys recently. Wonder if this was the person @TheStonedModder was referencing.

Anyway I think they never would. Just using to get attention and leverage. No one in public sphere would do something so stupid

BobaFett_UK · 2026-10-09T12:11:26+0100

Anyone got Wolverine to work yet on their pro? If so, what did you do?
The following does not work for me..

1. kstuff-fpkg-1.13-dr-test5
2. ShadowMountPlus 1.7beta4

Edit:

Got it working seems the Pro fic pkg was not being applied through pkg manager. I had to apply in via debug settings... All working from Internal

HS2005 · 2026-10-09T12:18:27+0100

BobaFett_UK said:
Anyone got Wolverine to work yet on their pro? If so, what did you do?
The following does not work for me..

Pro 9.20, Pro fix included in the fpkg by Deckerr97
1. kstuff-fpkg-1.13-dr-test5
2. ShadowMountPlus 1.7beta2 and beta4

Yes. PS5 Pro. 13.60.
.exfat and .ffspsc works. External and internal.
Using kstuff 1.11 (ng also works) and SM+ (latest)

Eva888 · 2026-10-09T12:57:20+0100

AlphaBravo said:
I'm currently testing on 6.02. Describing as "no mans land" is slight exaggeration. Its only fw that doesn't have WebKit userland but not essential. Backporting games to 6.xx is bit more challenging than other fw but a competent backporter will know what to do.

I was tempted to upgrade to 7.61 but no need until 6.xx become problematic or isolated in Ps5 scene. Only reason I would upgrade is if custom firmware became available and jailbreak was no longer untethered.

I kind of regretted upgrading from 5.50fw to 6.02 and won't do that again. You don't know what future holds...

Devilm00n said:
Hello friends, I have a OG PS5 currently on FW 6.02 - what's the best path to JB for me? bump to 7.0 to be able to run relapse and/or linux as I wish?

Many tools (including kstuff) have logic in their internal code where, if firmware version is below 7, they execute a routine—let's call it the "golden chicken"—whereas if it's 7 or higher, they execute a different one—let's call that the "ordinary chicken."

So, it's essentially "golden chicken" versus "ordinary chicken." It involves DMA writes or something similar... Given existence of hypervisor, it probably doesn't matter all that much—but who knows in future?

In any case, FW 6.02 supports "two" hypervisors: the original TMR-based one and the one used from version 6.50 through 7.61 (technically more lower fw might be possible, but no one has implemented them). Personally, I think the 6.50–7.61 version is superior to earlier one because of TMR handling. On version 4.xx, initial hypervisor disabled TMR; while that did allow us to disable hypervisor itself, it came at a terrible cost—a massive slowdown in games, turning experience into a pain rather than a pleasure.

So, ask yourself:
What advantages does FW 7.61 offer me right now?

First, there's WebKit; while WebKit is currently available on 7.xx, it might come to 6.xx in the future... Also, some users aren't happy with WebKit and use the Y2JB autoloader instead; in practice, it just means launching either the red icon or the blue icon.

Linux is available for both 6.xx and 7.xx.

fPKGs work on both 6.xx and 7.xx, and there isn't much difference regarding backports between these two firmware versions either...

So, personally, I can't think of any major difference between these firmware versions right now—except, perhaps, for the official firmware changelog itself.

If anything changes in the future, you can always update to 7.61, but you can't go the other way... Like the person who wrote earlier that they regret updating from 5.50 to 6.02. Firmware 6.xx includes official support for 1440p, which is a HUGE CHANGE. So, in my opinion, there’s nothing to regret.

TheStonedModder · 2026-10-09T13:02:22+0100

AlphaBravo said:
Don't know much about them but they were threatening to release private keys recently. Wonder if this was the person @TheStonedModder was referencing.

Anyway I think they never would. Just using to get attention and leverage. No one in public sphere would do something so stupid

He’s one of the few that stood up for me believe it or not

He’s not a bad guy, but he does get carried away at times (who doesn’t) either way any more info would be hella off topic ha

Adamos_22 · 2026-10-09T13:13:24+0100

ps5-webkit-autoloader v0.6.1

Changelog

9.05, 11.40 & 11.60: Added missing offsets to fix Poops support.
(Note: Relapse remains unsupported on 9.05 and 11.40)

source: https://github.com/itsPLK/ps5-webkit-autoloader/releases

Devilm00n · 2026-10-09T13:26:01+0100

AlphaBravo said:
I'm currently testing on 6.02. Describing as "no mans land" is slight exaggeration. Its only fw that doesn't have WebKit userland but not essential. Backporting games to 6.xx is bit more challenging than other fw but a competent backporter will know what to do.

I was tempted to upgrade to 7.61 but no need until 6.xx become problematic or isolated in Ps5 scene. Only reason I would upgrade is if custom firmware became available and jailbreak was no longer untethered.

I kind of regretted upgrading from 5.50fw to 6.02 and won't do that again. You don't know what future holds...

In your opinion what exploit should I use to JB on 6.02? Y2JB?

Rasa39 · 2026-10-09T14:01:45+0100

AlphaBravo said:
Backporting games to 6.xx is bit more challenging than other fw but a competent backporter will know what to do.

Oh, so it's not just me being a complete idiot then. :rofl2:

So it's easier to backport to 4.xx and 5.xx than 6.xx? Because most the backports I use are for those firmwares.

Devilm00n said:
In your opinion what exploit should I use to JB on 6.02? Y2JB?

I know you didn't ask me, but that's what I'm using on 6.02. Best to have a backup method if something goes wrong, I have itsPLK's autoloader BDJ and a lua game.

Lua is the most stable but I never really use it anymore now that y2jb and bdj are very stable too, and less hassle.

Plus not everyone has an expensive lua game lol

AlphaBravo · 2026-10-09T14:07:10+0100

Eva888 said:
Many tools (including kstuff) have logic in their internal code where, if firmware version is below 7, they execute a routine—let's call it the "golden chicken"—whereas if it's 7 or higher, they execute a different one—let's call that the "ordinary chicken."

So, it's essentially "golden chicken" versus "ordinary chicken." It involves DMA writes or something similar... Given existence of hypervisor, it probably doesn't matter all that much—but who knows in future?

In any case, FW 6.02 supports "two" hypervisors: the original TMR-based one and the one used from version 6.50 through 7.61 (technically more lower fw might be possible, but no one has implemented them). Personally, I think the 6.50–7.61 version is superior to earlier one because of TMR handling. On version 4.xx, initial hypervisor disabled TMR; while that did allow us to disable hypervisor itself, it came at a terrible cost—a massive slowdown in games, turning experience into a pain rather than a pleasure.

So, ask yourself:
What advantages does FW 7.61 offer me right now?

First, there's WebKit; while WebKit is currently available on 7.xx, it might come to 6.xx in the future... Also, some users aren't happy with WebKit and use the Y2JB autoloader instead; in practice, it just means launching either the red icon or the blue icon.

Linux is available for both 6.xx and 7.xx.

fPKGs work on both 6.xx and 7.xx, and there isn't much difference regarding backports between these two firmware versions either...

So, personally, I can't think of any major difference between these firmware versions right now—except, perhaps, for the official firmware changelog itself.

If anything changes in the future, you can always update to 7.61, but you can't go the other way... Like the person who wrote earlier that they regret updating from 5.50 to 6.02. Firmware 6.xx includes official support for 1440p, which is a HUGE CHANGE. So, in my opinion, there’s nothing to regret.

Great write up. I will forever refer to my 6.02 as "Golden Chicken"

Did you research this for your "friend" as well? Beginning to wonder if they are bit imaginary. It's ok to be super nerd

I regretted upgrading to 6.02 in early days of JB scene because it took a long time get userland and Kex exploits between 4.xx and 5.xx. And then 5.xx got WebKit userland not to long after.

Today I don't mind so much. Fpkg support is a massive advantage of any fw above 11.60.
BUT as soon as 12-13.xx get fpkg support I will jump ship. Perhaps use 6.02 as test machine or useful that it has 500gb of unused storage space

Main advantage for ps5 pro aside from more powerful GPU is in the emulation scene. They just run better with higher res and FPS.

AceLighting · 2026-10-09T14:12:19+0100

Has anyone tried the ps5x360 emulator? for me crashes when launching any game does not matter where (internal/external) or format (folder, god or iso) it crashes after a second of starting any game (in some games i see an initial loading or logo) but then it crashes and saying that the crash happens before kstuff paused then it goes back to home. any advice?

I used to have this also with 3ds games but latest version of ps5cemu-har 3.5.0 works for me all of the sudden.

other than that the rest of the emulators works great (baring the odd slowdown here and there), very impressive stuff and great to progress daily.

Inaki · 2026-10-09T14:28:07+0100

genica said:
The PS5 version with the latest fixes?

yes.

MSearles · 2026-10-09T14:32:15+0100

Halo Campaign Evolved. “eliminate all hostiles surrounding the three UNSC lifeboat crash sites to safely extract the survivors”

This is level 2. Immediately after completing this, the game crashes. Does this happen for anyone else?

AlphaBravo · 2026-10-09T14:42:03+0100

Rasa39 said:
Oh, so it's not just me being a complete idiot then.

So it's easier to backport to 4.xx and 5.xx than 6.xx? Because most the backports I use are for those firmwares.

Nope. But I have yet to test a game that hasn't worked on 6.02. Returnal was one but that was due to the "date bug". I am currently fixing it myself as can't be bothered to change my calendar every time I want to play it

Bestpig backport project states that 6.xx patches need more work in some instances. Not always though.

You could always message me and ask me to test a game with you but it would have to be one that we both kind of like. I refuse any testing on Wolverine

Mc_Kuc · 2026-10-09T15:41:21+0100

Schweino · 2026-10-09T16:12:24+0100

HS2005 said:
I know it's 8TB. Also looking at Sony functionalities. I have 2 system with 8TB. Dunno if you even have a 16TB M2.

Sony website:
The M.2 expansion slot of the Sony PlayStation 5 supports M.2 NVMe SSDs with capacities ranging from 250 GB up to 8 TB.
Key drive specifications required:

Interface: PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 NVMe SSD (Key M)

Capacity: 250 GB to 8 TB

Recommended Read Speed: 5,500 MB/s or faster

Form Factor: 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280, or 22110

Dimensions (including heatsink): Width up to 25 mm, length up to 110 mm, and thickness up to 11.25 mm

I assumed he was referring to a 16TB external HDD since it will be used to store roms for emulation

Eva888 said:
I’d be interested to know if anyone has tried this method:
Update to latest 7.00 beta (there are a few 7.00 beta versions), then enjoy and test WebKit jailbreak for long time. If CFW for versions 1.xx–6.xx becomes available, one can downgrade without any issues.

What makes you think you can downgrade firmware on a PS5?

Eva888 · 2026-10-09T16:19:38+0100

Schweino said:
What makes you think you can downgrade firmware on a PS5?

Beta users can roll back one version if we're talking about BETA firmware...
That’s basic knowledge—like knowing that 1+1=2...

If the beta turns out to be bad, people can revert to previous firmware version—for example from 7.00 to 6.50, and so on.

Of course, I don't know how offsets work on "beta" version—whether they're identical to the official firmware or different.

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