RippleXDev found no evidence that any party exploited the vulnerability before the patch was applied. The update removes a risk to the integrity of the ledger's total supply by ensuring that coins cannot be created outside of established protocol limits.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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XRP Ledger Patches Bug That Could Mint Unlimited XRP Beyond Supply
Crypto11 days ago
The developers behind the XRP Ledger have fixed a security hole that might have allowed unauthorized parties to generate spendable tokens from nothing. This overflow flaw, first discovered in September, could have enabled an attacker to mint unlimited XRP or make a few hundred XRP in network reserves spendable, exceeding the network's total coin supply.
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