By Isaac • October 11, 2026 7:54 am •
A flaw buried in the XRP Ledger for roughly a decade could have done the one thing a fixed-supply cryptocurrency is never supposed to allow: create new, spendable coins out of thin air.
The good news is just as important as the scary part. The bug was found before attackers used it, developers deployed an emergency fix, and RippleX says investigators found no evidence that unauthorized XRP was created on public networks.
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CryptoSlate reports that an AI-powered security system operated by Veria Labs found two connected weaknesses in the XRP Ledger payment engine. Used together, they could have let a specially prepared transaction pay a seller the full amount while charging the buyer only a fraction
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