RippleX Head of Engineering J. Ayo Akinyele said security remains the top priority for preserving trust in the $XRP ‌ Ledger (XRPL), sharing his thoughts in a post on X following the disclosure of the critical payments-engine vulnerability reported by Veria AI. He said it was a serious vulnerability the team does not take lightly — the bug had existed in the codebase for over a decade and could have allowed XRP to be created beyond its fixed supply, but was fortunately discovered through the bug bounty program before it could ever be exploited. He called the response fast and coordinated: the team developed and thoroughly tested a fix, worked closely with validators to rapidly upgrade the network, and secured the ledger before public disclosure, adding he was proud of how everyone came together to address the vulnerability and protect the XRPL network.

#布局本周交易 $XRP ‌ Ledger developers said a critical-severity bug in the network’s payment engine could have let an attacker create XRP out of nothing. According to The Block, the flaw had existed since 2015 and there was no evidence it was exploited on any public network. RippleX shipped a fix in xrpld version 3.4.1 after Veria Labs reported the issue on Sept. 22.

Ripple is just three weeks away from unlocking another 1 billion $XRP from escrow, with the next release scheduled for November 1.