PS4 Jailbreak: the status in 2022 Without Pictures Tutorials

 rowing number of PS4 users are “stuck” on Firmwares 9.03/9.04 as well as 9.50/9.51/9.60, and wondering when we should expect a new Jailbreak. Here’s what we know.

PS4 Jailbreak – The current status

The latest and greatest PS4 Jailbreak was the pOOBs4 Jailbreak release for firmware 9.00 back in 2021. A lot of tools and homebrew games have been made available to Jailbroken PS4 9.00 since then. Firmware 9.00 is recent enough that it’s still fairly easy to get an exploitable console at a reasonable price (see below)

But there’s a growing number of people stuck on recent firmwares 9.03/9.04/9.50/9.51/9.60,  wondering what’s coming for them.

TL,DR: There is no publicly known kernel exploit for firmwares 9.03 and above, let alone discussions of a release. the best option for you if you’re looking to Jailbreak your PS4, is to buy a PS4 running firmware 9.00 or lower, at this point (eBay is your friend). Now, It is rare enough to be emphasized: this time around you might have better luck buying a used PS4 9.00, than trying to get a new model, as those have been out of stock for some time now.

For those of you who are stuck with a higher firmware and for some reason cannot buy a 9.00 PS4, there are two important rules you’ll need to follow: 1) patience, and 2) do not update your PS4.

PS4 9.03/9.04/9.50/9.51/9.60 Jailbreak? Patience

Patience is key if you’re waiting for a PS4 Jailbreak. As I’ve mentioned before, the average time between two jailbreaks is around 9 months. But it has been as low as 4 months, and as high as 2 years. Without any significant news on the exploit front, nobody can really predict how long it’s going to take until the next one. But since the last Jailbreak was only a couple of months ago, people shouldn’t be holding their breath.

To “Jailbreak” a PS4, we typically need two exploits:

First, a “usermode” exploit, which is an entry point to run unsigned code through data that you have control of, as a PS4 user. Second, a privilege escalation exploit, also known as kernel exploit, which gives you greater control of the device, allowing things such as Homebrew ENablers, or “in-RAM” Custom firmwares.

PS4 9.03/9.04 Jailbreak status

9.03/9.04 Usermode exploit – Green

The good news for 9.03/9.04 users is that we seem to have two potential usermode exploits for these firmwares.

• The first one, and probably most well known at this point is the BD-JB exploit chain by TheFloW, which leverages vulnerabilities in the Blu-Ray driver of the PS4.
• The other usermode exploit is the same Webkit vulnerability that was used for the 9.00 Jailbreak, which is still apparently open as of firmware 9.04, according to scene veteran Zecoxao:

9.03/9.04 Kernel exploit – Red

There is no ongoing discussion on the scene about a “new” kernel exploit, for any firmware. None of the reputable hackers has shared a “hint” of anything that would be kept under wraps at the moment. Which doesn’t mean there isn’t anything happening under the hood, but certainly indicates that people should be patient.

PS4 9.50/9.51/9.60 Jailbreak status

9.50/9.51/9.60 Usermode exploit – Red

There doesn’t seem to be any working implementation of a usermode exploit for PS4 9.50 or above at the moment:

We know that the webkit usermode exploit used in POObs4 has been patched