XRP Ledger Implements Urgent Patch to Fix Hidden Unlimited Supply Bug

10/12/2026

Developers behind the XRP Ledger (XRPL) say they had no choice but to deploy an emergency security patch without waiting for the network’s standard two-week validator voting process. The update,...

10/12/2026

XRP Ledger developers say they were forced to deploy an emergency security patch in a way that bypassed the network’s usual amendment vote, after uncovering a bug that could allow an attacker to...

10/12/2026

An emergency XRP Ledger patch addressed a theoretical flaw that could have created 18.45 trillion XRP, with no evidence of public exploitation.

10/12/2026

The XRP Ledger Foundation said normal parameters never triggered the bug that could have broken XRP's supply cap, which is why it was undetected for years.

10/10/2026

Researchers demonstrated how a payment could create spendable XRP without the sender funding it, prompting an emergency software release.