Hackers discover Nintendo Switch 2 exploit one day after launch — minor hack allows running custom code on top of OS

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Hackers discover Nintendo Switch 2 exploit one day after launch — minor hack allows running custom code on top of OS

Some enterprising hackers have already discovered an exploit on the just-launched Nintendo Switch 2.

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was the first to show off the exploit, where he apparently discovered a weakness in the console’s shared library.

This vulnerability, called a userland Return-Oriented Programming exploit, allows Buchanan to manipulate a program by overwriting its return address to another piece of code. When chained together, this can force the system to work in an unintended manner — in this case, display custom checkerboard graphics.

(Image credit: David Buchanan / Bluesky)

Since this is only a userland exploit, it only runs on the user level and does not affect the Switch 2’s kernel, nor does it give you root access to the device. Buchanan said that this has no practical purpose, meaning this won’t jailbreak the console and allow users to modify it in unintended ways. They even admitted that they can’t prove that they’re running an exploit instead of just playing a

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video, although other developers and modders have confirmed that the exploit does exist.

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The Japanese gaming giant is known for proactively protecting its intellectual property rights. It has gotten to the point that the company said it may brick your console if you use it to modify Nintendo Account Services, and the

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is pretty firm about not modifying software.

Since the Switch 2 has just been released, it will likely take weeks, months, or even years before someone discovers a way to defeat the company’s built-in protections on the handheld. If and when someone finally jailbreaks the Nintendo Switch 2 and creates a custom homebrew OS, we can then see how Nintendo will react.

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