XRPL patched critical integer overflow, risked unauthorized XRP creation

A critical software vulnerability in the XRP Ledger (XRPL) protocol has been patched following the discovery of a flaw that could have allowed malicious actors to generate XRP tokens beyond the limits set by the network’s rules. The issue emerged from an integer overflow in XRPL’s payment engine, a core component responsible for processing payments involving multiple assets on the ledger. Under certain conditions, transactions that consumed a large number of specially crafted offers could cause the system to miscalculate the amount of XRP owed by the sender.

Source: CoinTurk News