- Ripple released a crucial bug fix in version 3.1.2 of its “rippled” server software this week.
- The bug, discovered by three members of the Paris-based group XRPL Commons, caused public-facing nodes to crash when encountering certain edge cases.
- Node operators must download and trust Ripple‘s new, rotated GPG key to apply the critical patch and prevent outages.
- This incident is the latest in a series of recent technical issues affecting the XRP Ledger network.
Ripple released version 3.1.2 of its “rippled” software this week, containing a fix for a node-crashing bug detailed in its release notes. Consequently, the XRP Ledger Foundation urged all node operators to update immediately to prevent potential network outages.
The bug caused servers to call an internal “LogicError” function that terminates the process. RippleX engineer Mayukha Vadari authored the patch, which the company initially labeled as a simple refactor to improve exception handling.
Three members of the Paris-based non-profit XRPL Commons responsibly disclosed the flaw. They credited Luc Bocahut, Romain Thépaut, and Thomas Hussenet for discovering it.
However, applying the fix requires operators to trust Ripple‘s newly rotated GPG key. Ripple recently rotated its signing key, which now expires in 2033.
This incident adds to a growing list of recent network bugs. In November 2024, a malicious transaction exploited a caching flaw, and the network briefly stopped producing blocks in February 2025.
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