
The game is a single-player experience, with co-operative multi-player elements. It is the third entry in the Dark Souls series, the fourth instalment of the wider Souls series and is set in the fictional Kingdom of Lothric a medieval-like setting inhabited by monsters, warriors and the undead. As such, the person invaded the stream to draw more attention to the RCE vulnerability, which could be used to brick PCs, steal information, and run programs in the background.īandai Namco responded on Reddit to reports of the exploit, confirming that the information had been submitted to the relevant teams.Dark Souls 3 is an action role-playing game, developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco.


It's someone who has long known about the exploit and tried to warn From Software about it but felt the company ignored them. It's believed that the person who hacked the stream isn't a hacker in the traditional sense. This could brick your PC, let your login information be shared, or execute programs in the background. On PC there is a new, very serious exploit plaguing Dark Souls 3 which can cause lasting damage to your computer. PSA - DARK SOULS 3 - PC #DarkSouls3 #DarkSouls Twitter user and several subreddits confirmed the Dark Souls RCE vulnerability, including this Elden Ring community that claims it will also work in the upcoming title, one of the year's most anticipated games. You can see from this NSFW (sweary) clip how shocked The_Grim_Sleeper is when he gets invaded, the game crashes, and some text-to-speech starts playing. Kotaku reports that the Dark Souls remote code execution (RCE) exploit was exposed during a Dark Souls 3 livestream a few days ago. Yesterday (Sunday, January 23), Bandai Namco and From Software announced that PvP servers for all three titles were temporarily suspended due to a security vulnerability that could allow an invader to run code on a PC remotely.

What just happened? Being able to invade another player's game is one of the Dark Souls series' defining characteristics, but it seems this feature can be used for some very nefarious purposes.
