Sony faces an unfixable PS5 vulnerability as BootROM keys are dumped and shared publicly
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Key Points:
- On December 31, 2025, the PlayStation 5's BootROM keys, essential hardware codes stored in the console's processor, were leaked online, potentially enabling hackers to jailbreak the device in the future.
- These BootROM codes verify the legitimacy of the bootloader during startup, and their leak could allow hackers to decrypt and reverse-engineer the PS5's boot process to run unsigned code.
- Since these keys are embedded directly into the PS5's silicon, Sony cannot patch the vulnerability through software updates, making a hardware redesign or recall the only viable countermeasures.
- Although this leak does not lead to an immediate jailbreak, it lowers the barrier for homebrew developers and could eventually facilitate piracy and cheating,
