Ethereum clients patch flaw that could let attackers redirect ETH rewards
Summary
Developers of Ethereum clients have released patches to fix a vulnerability involving forged certificates from an Indian issuer. This security flaw could have allowed attackers to redirect staking rewards, though default mainnet nodes remained safe from the issue.
A key blunder at Indian certificate issuer eMudhra left some Teku and Besu setups trusting forged certificates. Default mainnet nodes weren’t exposed.
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