PS5 Exploit Guide

TJackson · 2026-11-08T22:03:46+0000

ElMeteK said:
Save are independant of which format your game is

Thank you very much

1RickyG said:
Should be fine unless the region version changes but I bet that garlic save manager could make it work for either region.

Thanks also

Stoned · 2026-11-08T22:05:20+0000

ayechief said:

Wish to know how to fix my game dumps like Gran Turismo 7 (disc game, EU, 01.710.000, dumped with PS5 App Dumper).
Dumped with settings: View attachment 601867 The error information: View attachment 601868

Btw. i attached ampr-emu to newly created /fakelib/ folder but that's not fixing it.

Here's ShadowMountPlus logs:

Code:

[22:10:42]   [LINK] nullfs mounted: /data/homebrew/PPSA01316-app0_Gran_Turismo_7 -> /system_ex/app/PPSA01316
[22:10:42]   [SHELLCORE] launch mount ready: PPSA01316
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] game mounted for PPSA01316: /data/homebrew/PPSA01316-app0_Gran_Turismo_7/fakelib -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/SnGrrCzw2C/common/lib
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] directory mounted for PPSA01316: /data -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/data
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] directory mounted for PPSA01316: /mnt/usb0 -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/mnt/usb0
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] directory mounted for PPSA01316: /mnt/ext1 -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/mnt/ext1
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] directory mounted for PPSA01316: /preinst/common/font -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/preinst/common/font
[22:10:42]   [SHELLCORE] sandbox ready handled: PPSA01316
[22:10:42]   [SHELLFLAG] SceLncUtilSystemStatus poll rc=0x80020010
[22:10:43]   [GAME] started: PPSA01316 pid=136 app_id=0x00000018
[22:10:43]   [MDBG] log monitor ready: PPSA01316 buffer_size=0x20018
[22:10:43]   [MDBG] monitoring game errors: PPSA01316 pid=136 for up to 60 seconds
[22:10:43]   [DB] loaded app.db title list: 44 entries
[22:10:43] NOTIFY: Zastosowano emulatory w grze: PPSA01316
[22:10:43]   [DB] loaded blocked PPSA uninstall list: 0 entries
[22:10:43]   [SHELLFLAG] SceShellCoreUtilAppFocus value=0x0000000000000018 delta=0x000000000000001F low32=0x00000018 high32=0x00000000 decoded=APP_ID=0x00000018
[22:10:43]   [MDBG] game error: PPSA01316 pid=136: signal: 11 (SIGSEGV)
thread name: eboot.bin
reason: page fault (user write data, page not present)
fault address: 0x00000007eedfbff8
RIP: 0x000000080030abd2
[22:10:43] NOTIFY: Błąd w grze PPSA01316:
signal: 11 (SIGSEGV)
thread name: eboot.bin
reason: page fault (user write data, page not present)
fault address: 0x00000007eedfbff8
RIP: 0x000000080030abd2
[22:10:44]   [SHELLFLAG] SceShellCoreUtilAppFocus value=0x0000000000000007 delta=0x000000000000001F low32=0x00000007 high32=0x00000000 decoded=APP_ID=0x00000007
[22:10:45]   [SHELLFLAG] SceLncUtilSystemStatus value=0x0000000000000002 delta=0x0000000000000000 low32=0x00000002 high32=0x00000000 decoded=SHELLUI_FG_GAME_BG_CPU_MODE
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] game stopped: pid=136 title=PPSA01316 layers=8
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] directory unmounted: /preinst/common/font -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/preinst/common/font
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] directory unmounted: /mnt/ext1 -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/mnt/ext1
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] directory unmounted: /mnt/usb0 -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/mnt/usb0
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] directory unmounted: /data -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/data
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] game unmounted: /data/homebrew/PPSA01316-app0_Gran_Turismo_7/fakelib -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/SnGrrCzw2C/common/lib
[22:10:45]   [GAME] process exited, awaiting same-app handoff: PPSA01316 pid=136 app_id=0x00000018
[22:10:46]   [GAME] finalizing stopped application: PPSA01316 pid=136
[22:10:46]   [SHELLCORE] runtime release awaiting sandbox removal: PPSA01316
[22:10:46]   [DB] snd0info normalized after game exit rows=0 title=PPSA01316
[22:10:46]   [SHELLCORE] runtime release start: PPSA01316
[22:10:46]   [LINK] runtime layers released: PPSA01316
[22:10:46]   [DB] loaded app.db title list: 44 entries
[22:10:46]   [DB] loaded blocked PPSA uninstall list: 0 entries

Check your eboot whit HxD or Something if you see the Header ELF it´s not decrypted

ayechief · 2026-11-08T22:49:19+0000

Stoned said:
Check your eboot whit HxD or Something if you see the Header ELF it´s not decrypted

I've opened it with HxD, just that I'm not sure what exactly should I look for.

ShintaiUS · 2026-11-08T23:10:20+0000

Kimberly_g said:
it's not just license (that we can fake using kstuff), it's encryption that is stopping us.

from what i researched a while ago, the pkg is consists of the following:

file header

sce_sys folder, unencrypted, contains metadata (param.json, icon&pic)

eboot.bin, encrypted

game assets, encrypted

the latter 2 are the problem, simply put, the decryption key is a "combination" of the root key and keys in the required minimum firmware (think a kind of salt). these keys are "securely uploaded" to the cpu/mp4 chips and never stored on the ssd .

and no decryption key, no mounting of the games.

for an fpkg, the encryption is stripped so we can mount them.

The license IS what facilitates a game decryption key. While I haven't personally dived into it, it is fairly common for DRM system have a license obtained from Sony in this case, at purchase time or download time or disc, then along with a secure context master key or whatever you call "root" key a game decryption key is derived from this license. It would be very flawed approach if you could just combine "a root key and firmware information" from the console alone to get the key. These is no reality in which this would be remotely the case.

kstuff help when it has been signed and encrypted with a fake game encryption key. But the original license (digital purchase or game disc) would have been needed first.

game + valid license -> mounts -> game launches and decrypt with derived key from license -> while in memory and open you have the binaries in decrypted format -> app-dumper copies these decrypted binaries and optionally sign/encrypt with a fake key, THEN kstuff can help decrypting these binaries because the game encryption key is known.

From may I can see and assess by looking at ps5-app-dumper source, only the binaries (eboot.bin and libraries) are encrypted with a potential game key, the rest of the .pkg (like game assets and metadata) is decrypted by the OS and differently, or independently of this game decryption key. The source code shows regular read()/open() filesystem operation while the decryption of the binaries is reading from memory and reconstructed into an elf.

ayechief said:
And btw that PS5 Dump Forge said there are 7 unsigned files and it would sign them for me - I wonder if it found the decrypted files or just in general that there are a few unsigned and that's the case.

What Stoned said could be the case and the immediate crash shown on the logs may indicate so, the binaries may no have dumped correctly or are corrupted. If you are running it as a FFPKG format, I have a small tool/payload that you could try, it basically dumps the eboot.bin and libraries only the exact same way ps5-app-dumper does, then another tool to fake sign them, then you can replace with the ones that were extracted originally. I can post the source and the compiled payload if you are open to try. This could solve your issue ONLY if the eboot.bin did not extract correctly initially, it saves you from having to dump the game again.

Stoned · 2026-11-08T23:16:36+0000

ayechief said:
I've opened it with HxD, just that I'm not sure what exactly should I look for.

Show a Screenshot.

HS2005 · 2026-11-08T23:28:15+0000

ftpsrv v0.22

Pre-release

cmd: initialize addr_len before accept() in ftp_data_open accept() takes addrlen as a value-result argument and fails with EINVAL when it holds garbage. Read it from sizeof(data_addr), as ftp_serve() already does.

Link: https://github.com/ps5-payload-dev/ftpsrv/releases/tag/v0.22

ayechief · 2026-11-08T23:31:03+0000

ayechief said:

Wish to know how to fix my game dumps like Gran Turismo 7 (disc game, EU, 01.710.000, dumped with PS5 App Dumper).
Dumped with settings: View attachment 601867 The error information: View attachment 601868

Btw. i attached ampr-emu to newly created /fakelib/ folder but that's not fixing it.

Here's ShadowMountPlus logs:

Code:

[22:10:42]   [LINK] nullfs mounted: /data/homebrew/PPSA01316-app0_Gran_Turismo_7 -> /system_ex/app/PPSA01316
[22:10:42]   [SHELLCORE] launch mount ready: PPSA01316
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] game mounted for PPSA01316: /data/homebrew/PPSA01316-app0_Gran_Turismo_7/fakelib -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/SnGrrCzw2C/common/lib
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] directory mounted for PPSA01316: /data -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/data
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] directory mounted for PPSA01316: /mnt/usb0 -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/mnt/usb0
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] directory mounted for PPSA01316: /mnt/ext1 -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/mnt/ext1
[22:10:42]   [FAKELIB] directory mounted for PPSA01316: /preinst/common/font -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/preinst/common/font
[22:10:42]   [SHELLCORE] sandbox ready handled: PPSA01316
[22:10:42]   [SHELLFLAG] SceLncUtilSystemStatus poll rc=0x80020010
[22:10:43]   [GAME] started: PPSA01316 pid=136 app_id=0x00000018
[22:10:43]   [MDBG] log monitor ready: PPSA01316 buffer_size=0x20018
[22:10:43]   [MDBG] monitoring game errors: PPSA01316 pid=136 for up to 60 seconds
[22:10:43]   [DB] loaded app.db title list: 44 entries
[22:10:43] NOTIFY: Zastosowano emulatory w grze: PPSA01316
[22:10:43]   [DB] loaded blocked PPSA uninstall list: 0 entries
[22:10:43]   [SHELLFLAG] SceShellCoreUtilAppFocus value=0x0000000000000018 delta=0x000000000000001F low32=0x00000018 high32=0x00000000 decoded=APP_ID=0x00000018
[22:10:43]   [MDBG] game error: PPSA01316 pid=136: signal: 11 (SIGSEGV)
thread name: eboot.bin
reason: page fault (user write data, page not present)
fault address: 0x00000007eedfbff8
RIP: 0x000000080030abd2
[22:10:43] NOTIFY: Błąd w grze PPSA01316:
signal: 11 (SIGSEGV)
thread name: eboot.bin
reason: page fault (user write data, page not present)
fault address: 0x00000007eedfbff8
RIP: 0x000000080030abd2
[22:10:44]   [SHELLFLAG] SceShellCoreUtilAppFocus value=0x0000000000000007 delta=0x000000000000001F low32=0x00000007 high32=0x00000000 decoded=APP_ID=0x00000007
[22:10:45]   [SHELLFLAG] SceLncUtilSystemStatus value=0x0000000000000002 delta=0x0000000000000000 low32=0x00000002 high32=0x00000000 decoded=SHELLUI_FG_GAME_BG_CPU_MODE
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] game stopped: pid=136 title=PPSA01316 layers=8
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] directory unmounted: /preinst/common/font -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/preinst/common/font
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] directory unmounted: /mnt/ext1 -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/mnt/ext1
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] directory unmounted: /mnt/usb0 -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/mnt/usb0
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] directory unmounted: /data -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/data
[22:10:45]   [FAKELIB] game unmounted: /data/homebrew/PPSA01316-app0_Gran_Turismo_7/fakelib -> /mnt/sandbox/PPSA01316_000/SnGrrCzw2C/common/lib
[22:10:45]   [GAME] process exited, awaiting same-app handoff: PPSA01316 pid=136 app_id=0x00000018
[22:10:46]   [GAME] finalizing stopped application: PPSA01316 pid=136
[22:10:46]   [SHELLCORE] runtime release awaiting sandbox removal: PPSA01316
[22:10:46]   [DB] snd0info normalized after game exit rows=0 title=PPSA01316
[22:10:46]   [SHELLCORE] runtime release start: PPSA01316
[22:10:46]   [LINK] runtime layers released: PPSA01316
[22:10:46]   [DB] loaded app.db title list: 44 entries
[22:10:46]   [DB] loaded blocked PPSA uninstall list: 0 entries

I managed to fix the dump and the game runs.

I packed the dump to zstd and PS5 Dump Forge signed 7 files that needed signing. So seems like PS5 App Dumper isn't patching the files [correctly].

Is there a method to dump directly to zstd or at least some tool to automatically patch the files the correct way? I remember trying some script to patch .prx files but that didn't work for me.

//edit:
I've just verified and PS5 Dump Forge signed decrypted files: decrypted/eboot.bin, decrypted/libSieRdNNabla.prx, decrypted/logiWheel.prx, decrypted/sce_module/libSceNpCppWebApi.prx, decrypted/sce_module/libScePfs.prx, decrypted/sce_module/libc.prx, decrypted/sce_sys/about/right.sprx

still seems to me like PS5 App Dumper didn't do its job correctly so Dump Forge fixed it for it by signing decrypted files and probably overwriting the original ones with these.

1RickyG · 2026-11-09T00:16:57+0000

Checking out some of the switch 2 emultion reminds me of the days with my dual core emachines trying to run dolphin in its early stages. I saw some pretty good frame rates with Star Fox, but that was on pc though.

regex101 · 2026-11-09T00:25:59+0000

ShintaiUS said:
It would be very flawed approach if you could just combine "a root key and firmware information" from the console alone to get the key. These is no reality in which this would be remotely the case.

You are thinking in Steam paradigm, aka always online DRM. On ps5 everything is playable offline. You can insert disk and play it without ever connecting ps5 to internet. Moreover you can download patches from PSN on your PC and PS5 will decrypt them no problems. So all required keys are already there.

Nobody was able to hack it properly, that's all. No wonder, it is very secure multi-layered system. So we are stuck with workarounds and half-measures.

_iggyman_ · 2026-11-09T00:36:35+0000

HS2005 said:
For those who use the webkit autoloader:

ps5-webkit-autoloader v0.7.1
Changelog

Fixed Poops stability: A stability fix for Relapse in v0.7.0 was unintentionally affecting Poops, causing slower runs and more kernel panics.

Cleaned up Poops logging: Poops now shows cleaner, less noisy output.

Link: https://github.com/itsPLK/ps5-webkit-autoloader/releases/tag/v0.7.1

ESP32 version of this here.

ShintaiUS · 2026-11-09T05:18:37+0000

ayechief said:
Is there a method to dump directly to zstd or at least some tool to automatically patch the files the correct way? I remember trying some script to patch .prx files but that didn't work for me.

The option re-sign encrypted elf and what happens before is specifically for that, it just that sometimes it fails to do it for whatever reason. The problem is that, the app dumper currently offers no way of dumping only these binaries alone, meaning you would have to dump the whole game again and hope the second time it works.

This has happened to me with at least a couple of games, i had Claude write me a small payload that only dump the binaries and saved me from dumping the whole thing. You may try that

regex101 said:
You are thinking in Steam paradigm, aka always online DRM. On ps5 everything is playable offline. You can insert disk and play it without ever connecting ps5 to internet. Moreover you can download patches from PSN on your PC and PS5 will decrypt them no problems. So all required keys are already there.

Nobody was able to hack it properly, that's all. No wonder, it is very secure multi-layered system. So we are stuck with workarounds and half-measures.

I am not thinking anything. DRM is not synonymous and exclusive to online only. As i said, the disc does have a license too. The reason you can play just fine after installing a .pkg from prospero patches is because the license is ALREADY on the console from a previous purchase or disc validation.

There is no more "hack property", this is it! This is as best as you can get it. Anything further like extracting secrets/decryption keys from secure context will not bring any tangible benefits.

playerman · 2026-11-09T06:25:22+0000

https://github.com/modyfikatorcasper/modyfikatorcasper.github.io/tree/main/modi-sflash

For people Who want to check their ps5 active Time. Highest and lowest temps in console life etc. Just for curiosity

truemaster · 2026-11-09T06:54:15+0000

there is a way to take decrypted prx sprx eboot and elf without dump the whole game.
run the game and in its main menu minimize it conect your usb and download from here https://github.com/MangoScango/ps5-self-pager/actions/runs/36789672387 the ps5-self-pager-game.elf and run the payload. but on the app dumper advance option did you tick create fself files?

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