The release of Rippled version 3.1.2 comes shortly after concerns came up around a newly introduced feature, which, in turn, led to a quick response in order to protect users of the XRP Ledger.
Ripple Patches Major IssueDevelopers identified that the security issues, in the worst-case scenario, could cause the servers to crash or restart. This placed added pressure on the XRP Ledger team to act quickly, and the fix was developed in collaboration with the team at RippleX.
The latest patch is the third release in a rapid succession of updates that came from a significant bug discovered in Rippled 3.1.0. That original version introduced the XRPL Batch amendment, which contained a flaw severe enough to allow an attacker to execute inner transactions on behalf of arbitrary victim accounts without their private keys.
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