Base Says Users Unaffected as Reth and Base Ship Fixes for State Root Bug

BNB Chain, Base respond to Reth security bug affecting EVM networks

BNB Chain and Base have issued security updates after a bug in the Reth Ethereum execution client raised concerns about incorrect blockchain state calculations across several Ethereum-compatible networks. In a November 6 notice, BNB Chain acknowledged the security risk affecting…

Base Says Users Unaffected as Reth and Base Ship Fixes for State Root Bug

Base said in a status notice Thursday that its users were not affected by a bug in Reth, the execution client the chain is built on, that could in some cases leave a node with the wrong state root, the single hash that summarizes a blockchain’s entire state. Reth’s maintainers listed the fix in v2.10.0 and rated the upgrade high priority for both payload-building and non-payload-building nodes. Base released node version v1.5.3, which it says re…

Ethereum software bug triggers emergency fixes across major layer-2 networks

Published fixes span several software lines, but they do not establish operator adoption or the status of every cross-chain route. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

BNB Chain says Reth security risk has limited impact on BSC-Reth - The Cryptocurrency Post

BNB Chain said it is aware of a security risk affecting the Reth client, but said the issue has only a limited impact on BSC-Reth and does not affect opBNB, which does not use op-reth. The update, posted on the chain’s official X account, said the team was preparing a hotfix and monitoring the situation […]

BSC Releases Reth Exploit Hotfix: Details About the Upgrade

A bug in Reth's legacy trie code could cause incorrect state-root calculations.