I was reading about a software flaw that had stayed hidden inside the XRP Ledger since 2015. Security researchers discovered an integer-overflow vulnerability inside the payment engine of the XRP Ledger. If exploited this bug could have allowed a malicious actor to create and spend XRP tokens out of thin air completely bypassing the strict 100 billion hard supply cap that the XRP network enforces.
The exploit mechanics required setting up a web of accounts with token‑trading offers and then executing a single payment that altered how transaction math was calculated. Fortunately after the vulnerability was flagged through the bug bounty program developers acted quickly. An emergency software patch, version 3.4.1 was deployed to fix the issue skipping the lengthy voting process so that network safety could be restored immediately.
Both RippleX and network monitors confirmed that there is zero evidence that the bug was ever discovered or exploited by actors in the wild. Because the emergency patch was pushed out swiftly the integrity of XRP’s fixed supply remains entirely intact averting what could have been a multi‑billion‑dollar disaster, for the ecosystem.
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The exploit mechanics required setting up a web of accounts with token‑trading offers and then executing a single payment that altered how transaction math was calculated. Fortunately after the vulnerability was flagged through the bug bounty program developers acted quickly. An emergency software patch, version 3.4.1 was deployed to fix the issue skipping the lengthy voting process so that network safety could be restored immediately.
Both RippleX and network monitors confirmed that there is zero evidence that the bug was ever discovered or exploited by actors in the wild. Because the emergency patch was pushed out swiftly the integrity of XRP’s fixed supply remains entirely intact averting what could have been a multi‑billion‑dollar disaster, for the ecosystem.
#xrp
#STRKRisesAbout20%In24Hours
$XRP