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opa334/darksword-kexploit has 1,571 GitHub stars and 609 forks. GitHot measured +1 stars in 24 hours and +6 in 7 days. Last checked 2026-11-09 03:23 UTC. Last push 2026-03-27.

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iOS <=26.0.1 DarkSword Kernel Exploit reimplemented in Objective-C

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DarkSword Kernel Exploit

Reimplemented in Objective-C.

Supposed to support iOS 15.0 - 26.0.1.

Offsets hardcoded for 15.x(?)

NOTE: THIS EXPLOIT WAS NOT DISCOVERED / LEAKED BY ME, THE ORIGINAL SOURCE FOR THE LEAK IS https://github.com/htimesnine/DarkSword-RCE

THIS EXPLOIT IS ALSO COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO CELLEBRITE AND IS SOMETHING I HAVE WRITTEN IN ONE AFTERNOON OF MY FREE TIME, ALL THE EXPLOIT LOGIC IS FROM THE ORIGINAL REPO (OUTSIDE SOME MINOR FIXES TO MAKE IT WORK ON IOS 15)

IF YOU ARE A GITHUB EMPLOYEE READING THIS: THERE ARE TONS OF FAKE JAILBREAKS SCAMMING USERS OUT OF THEIR MONEY (JUST SEARCH FOR DOMAINS LIKE: pangu8(.)com), PLEASE EXPLAIN TO YOUR MANAGER THAT THESE SHOULD BE SANCTIONED INSTEAD OF SANCTIONING REPOS THAT CONTAIN UNCOMPILED EXPLOIT CODE THAT DOES NOTHING MALICIOUS WHATSOEVER

IF YOU ARE AN APPLE EMPLOYEE READING THIS: PLEASE CONVINCE YOUR MANAGER THAT ONLY THE WEBKIT ENTRY POINT SHOULD BE PATCHED, LET A MAN HAVE HIS KERNEL PE ON EOL DEVICES : - (

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