Is it possible to jailbreak iOS 16 on modern devices (A12+)?
With the release of the KFD project, the jailbreak community is alive once more. Many developers are working on KFD-based projects to provide tweaks and jailbreak functionality.
Since the KFD exploit supports iOS 15.0 up to iOS 16.5 and iOS 16.6 Beta 1 even on iPhone 11, iPhone 14, etc. this makes it the biggest release in the jailbreak community this year.
Recently, developers in the community managed to port the MacDirtyCow functionality to KFD allowing for apps like Cowabunga that provide tweaks and themes without jailbreak to be made while we wait for the real deal, a fully working jailbreak.
Below I’ve prepared a timeline of the events since the release of the KFD exploit so you can roughly see how close we are to a proper jailbreak and what’s happening with the exploit. The progress bar is a personal estimation based on what we need for a jailbreak vs what we have.
Current Jailbreak Development status*
47%
Jailbreak development progress timeline
9/8/2023
PaleRa1n Jailbreak confirmed to support iOS 16.6.1
It looks like PaleRa1n Jailbreak works on iOS 16.6.1 which was released a few days ago by Apple.
9/8/2023
RootHide managed to get various tweaks working
RootHide, the jailbreak detection bypass system successfully got various tweaks like ReScale2, RecordAnyWhere, Swiped, FiveIconDock, etc. working!
9/5/2023
KYSOTA – OTA Blocker for KFD Devices
A new app for disabling OTA Updates has been released.It’s based on the KFD exploit. This should help prevent your device from updating out of the blue. It permanently disables OTA updates until you re-enable them.
8/28/2023
kfund jailbreak was released
@wh1te4ever released a highly experimental iOS 15.1 / iPhone 6S jailbreak based on KFD kernel exploit. It automatically install Sileo, Zebra, NewTerm3, and Ellekit and add default source. Supports Procursus Bootstrap, and system-wide tweak injection.
So far this is the most advanced use of the KFD exploit. KFD does work on iOS 15.0 up to iOS 16.5 and iOS 16.6 Beta 1 even on iPhone 14 and the kfund project aims to experiment with newer devices too.
8/22/2023
/var access achieved with the KFD exploit
Today, @bomberfish77 achieved access to the contents of the /var folder (the mobile data partition of iOS) using the KFD kernel exploit released for iOS 15.0 – 16.5 and iOS 16.6 Beta 1 which supports A12+ devices too. This is a great step towards being able to carry out tweaking.
8/20/2023
Cluckabunga v2.0 was released
Cluckabunga, a KFD-based tweaking app was released by LeminLimez. The app allows you to hide the dock, home bar, folder backgrounds, import locks from TrollLock, add custom fonts, themes, change resolution, etc.
8/19/2023
Dropbear SSH achieved with KFD exploit
Developer @wh1te4ever announced that they’ve successfully achieved Dropbear SSH using the KFD exploit and their post-exploitation project called kfund on iOS 15.1.
8/13/2023
Taurine Jailbreak with KFD for iOS 14.0 – 14.4.2 released!
Developer @wh1te4ever released a fork of the Taurine Jailbreak with KFD exploit ported over to iOS 14.
Their fork comes with support for iOS 14.0 up to iOS 14.4.2, supports all A8-A11 devices. This is an unofficial build.
3/8/2023
Picasso Beta v1 is now out. A Cowabunga-like app for iOS 16.0 – 16.5 / 16.6 b1.
Developer sourcelocation released a Cowabunga alternative called Picasso which uses the kfd exploit and allows you to customize the device, install themes, tweaks and so on without a jailbreak.
opa334 finalizes arm64 support and releases their KFD fork
Developer opa334 announced that their KFD fork is now complete and works on both arm64 and arm64e devices, that means both A12+ devices and older <A11 devices work with this.
According to the developer they also used a better technique which only requires the kernproc offset which they automatically find, making this much better as it doesn’t require volatile offsets to be manually found.
wh1te4ever’s KFD fork includes a way to obtain the Kernel Slide, a very rudimentary escape sandbox and access various system files, overwrite file & reimplements MacDirtyCow functionality on iOS 16.2 and newer.
We can now make many of the MDC tools like Cowabunga, ResSet16, WDBFontOverwrite, etc. for iOS 16.2+.
Dopamine Jailbreak developer, opa334 successfully ported the KFD project over to iOS 15.x for arm64e devices (A12+).
According to the developer, arm64 support is next.
25/7/2023
Tihmstar releases an offsets finder for KFD to extend device support
Developer tihmstar updated their open-source Github project, libpatchfinder, to support finding the proper offsets for the KFD project.
By default, the KFD project comes with hard-coded offsets which makes it only support the devices that @_p0up0u_ has or has tested. With tihmstar’s tool, we can extend KFD to truly support all iOS 16.0 – 16.5 / 16.6 Beta 1 devices because we can find the right offsets (maybe even on the fly).
24/7/2023
vnodebypass works on iOS 16
Developer @XsF1re achieves vnodebypass on their iOS 16.1.2 device using the KFD exploit.
21/07/2023
KFD Exploit gets released for iOS 16.0 – 16.5 and iOS 16.6 Beta 1
Developer @_p0up0u_ released a brand new open-source project called KFD which includes two kernel vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-23536 and CVE-2023-32434), the latter working on iOS 16.5 and lower, as well as iOS 16.6 Beta 1.
This kernel exploit is not enough alone for a jailbreak, we still need a PPL bypass at least, but with a PPL bypass released, we can make a jailbreak.
*The progress bar is a personal estimation based on what we need for a jailbreak vs what we have.
All KFD exploit supported devices
The KFD project supports the following devices on iOS 15.0 up to iOS 16.5 and iOS 16.6 Beta 1:
iPhone 14 (All variants)
iPhone 13 (All variants)
iPhone 12 (All variants)
iPhone 11 (All variants)
iPhone XS
iPhone XS Max
iPhone XR
iPhone SE 2022
iPhone SE 2020
iPhone X (opa334’s fork)
iPhone 8 / 8 Plus (opa334’s fork)
iPhone 7 / 7 Plus (opa334’s fork)
iPhone 6S (opa334’s fork)
iPhone SE (opa334’s fork)
iPod Touch 7th Generation
All iPads running iOS 15.0 or newer up to 16.5 / 16.6 Beta 1.
An iOS and Jailbreak enthusiast who has been around for quite some time in the community. I’ve developed my own jailbreaks before and I am currently maintaining iSecureOS, one of the first iOS Anti-Malware tools for jailbroken devices. I also run iDevice Central on YouTube with over 146.000 Subscribers! Thank you for being part of this awesome community.
3 responses to “iOS 16.0 – 16.6 Jailbreak – Current Status and ETA (KFD Exploit)”
Bonjour un jailbreak pour iPhone 11 Pro Max iOS 16.5 ça va arriver bientôt car misaka est KFD ne fonctionne pas sur iPhone 11 Pro Max iOS 16.5 crashs constamment j’espère un vrai jailbreak bientôt pour iPhone 11 Pro Max iOS 16.5
Thank you very much for the efforts of the development team. I hope that the jailbreak of 16.6b1 can appear as soon as possible. Before that, I would like to experience Smart Island, so I can‘t consider whether to replace it with a new device!
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