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Solana Patches Critical Token Mint Exploit—Another Day, Another Crypto Fire Drill
Solana Patches Critical Token Mint Exploit—Another Day, Another Crypto Fire Drill
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Solana’s devs just plugged a silent killer—a bug that could’ve let attackers print unlimited tokens or drain wallets. No fanfare, no post-mortem blog post (yet). Just another Tuesday in decentralized finance.
How it worked: The flaw hid in Solana Program Library (SPL) token logic, potentially allowing bad actors to bypass minting controls. Whitehats caught it during routine audits—because apparently, ’move fast and break things’ still applies to $50B blockchains.
The fix rolled out in v1.18.0, but here’s the kicker: Node operators actually have to upgrade. Given that 30% of validators still run outdated software, expect this to resurface when some hedge fund’s ’web3 guru’ gets rekt.
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