# Sony's latest PS5 firmware got cracked, just in time for GTA 6's November release

DevFeed: [Sony's latest PS5 firmware got cracked, just in time for GTA 6's November release](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sony-s-latest-ps5-firmware-got-cracked-just-in-time-for-gta-6-s-november-release-93895.md>)

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Author: Alfonso Maruccia

Published: 2026-10-21T21:06:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [TechSpot](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techspot.md>)

Topics: [firmware-update](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firmware-update.md>), [information-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/information-technology.md>)

Tags: [exploit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exploit.md>), [firmware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firmware.md>), [gaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gaming.md>), [gta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gta.md>), [gta-6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gta-6.md>), [gta-vi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gta-vi.md>), [hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacking.md>), [jailbreak](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jailbreak.md>), [piracy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/piracy.md>), [playstation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/playstation.md>), [playstation-5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/playstation-5.md>), [ps5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ps5.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sony](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sony.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>)

## AI overview

A South Korean developer known as Gezinе claims to have defeated PS5 firmware 14.10 protections, showing access to the console's kernel-level debug menu. Sony had released 14.10 to close the Relapse vulnerability, which the excerpt says enabled game decryption and execution on jailbroken consoles. The developer cautions that a kernel exploit alone may not enable piracy: the old game-dumping method reportedly no longer works, and a hypervisor-based exploit may be needed to jailbreak fully updated consoles. The excerpt says Sony released firmware 14.20 days after the claim. The exploit's capabilities are presented as alleged, not independently confirmed.

## Source excerpt

Just a few weeks after the massive "Relapse" exploit incident, someone has apparently already broken Sony's latest PlayStation 5 firmware update. A developer based in South Korea claims to have defeated the security protections in PS5 firmware version 14.10, which Sony recently released to close the Relapse exploit. Read Entire Article