The XRP Ledger has patched a vulnerability that could lead to unauthorized minting, with XRP itself unaffected.

The XRP Ledger has patched a vulnerability that could lead to unauthorized minting, with XRP itself unaffected.

2026-11-05 17:49

ChainThink news, on November 5, according to CoinDesk, the XRP Ledger has activated the "fixCleanup3_4_0" amendment, addressing a vulnerability in the permissioned delegation system.

This vulnerability could, under specific conditions, allow an account authorized to destroy tokens to mint new tokens, affecting assets issued on the XRP Ledger, including stablecoins; XRP itself remains unaffected. There are currently no publicly confirmed instances of exploitation.

The amendment took effect at ledger height 108,112,129 on November 4 at 22:52 Beijing Time, following two consecutive weeks of required validator support.

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