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Solana devs and validators have worked together to patch up a critical security issue, but this speedy fix didn\u2019t come without criticism over the network\u2019s centralization.<\/p>\n
The Solana Foundation has confirmed that a zero-day vulnerability that allowed an attacker to potentially mint certain tokens and even withdraw those tokens from user accounts has been fixed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A May 3 post-mortem from the Solana Foundation said<\/a> that the security vulnerability, first discovered on April 16, could have allowed an attacker to forge an invalid proof affecting Solana\u2019s privacy-enabling \u201cToken-22 confidential tokens.\u201d<\/p>\n There is no known exploit of the vulnerability, and Solana validators have since adopted the patched version, the foundation said.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n