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Polygon Quietly Patched Security Flaws in Two Hard Forks Before Disclosing Them

Decrypt·August 30, 2026·1 min read
Polygon Quietly Patched Security Flaws in Two Hard Forks Before Disclosing Them

Polygon disclosed that its Austin and Kyoto hard forks, deployed quietly on Bor and Heimdall clients, fixed denial-of-service and consensus-hardening flaws. The vulnerabilities were never exploited, according to the team. The patches were applied before public disclosure to protect users and network integrity.

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