PPPwn: the exploit has been fixed for “cursed” PS4 models

The PPPwn exploit is the latest and greatest Jailbreak for the PS4 (details here). It’s proven since its release to be a reliable exploit, and got better with time, especially after C++ ports made it really fast. Also, because of how it interacts with the internet connection, it can basically be launched at the console startup, making it a truly good exploit for anyone looking to Jailbreak their PS4.

Except…for the few who seemed to have PS4 models that weren’t compatible at all with the exploit until now, with PPPwn always failing for them in one of the early stages of the exploit.

This major (but hard to find) issue has apparently been fixed yesterday. TheFloW has pushed an update to the official PPPwn Github repository, with thanks to Borris-ta for debugging the issue (it is not clarified in the commit message if Borris-ta provided the actual fix, or debug logs to help understand the issue).

The issue was apparently a fake ipv6 address which turned out to be invalid (and flagged as such on some specific network chipsets?). Fixing that address now resolves that one issue.

PPPwn, what do I do?

Now if you were on one of the “cursed” models, rejoice, as the PPPwn github has the fix for you. Also, a lot of the implementations based on PPPwn are already updating their version to include the fix. Modded Warfare has posted an update of his Windows PPPwn GUI utility, with version 1.9 including the patch (here).

The C++ implementation by xfangfang also got the patch earlier today, meaning you should be able to compile it to get the fix. (Or wait for other implementations and your binary build of choice to show up)

Updated versions of PPPwn with “cursed PS4 models” fix:

• PPPwn official repository by TheFloW
• C++ implementation by xfangfang
• PPPwn GUI 1.9 by Modded Warfare (temporary link)

Source: via Zecoxao