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Lean 4 kernel soundness bug: forging proofs via nested inductive projections (0 = 1 demonstrated)

lowoss_secPublished 2026-08-02

<p>Posted by Jonathan Brossard on Aug 01</p>Dear list,<br /> <br /> I hope this email finds you well.<br /> <br /> I&apos;d like to bring attention to a soundness vulnerability in the Lean 4<br /> theorem prover kernel that allows a malicious metaprogram to cause the<br /> kernel to accept invalid proofs, including proofs of false statements<br /> such as False and 0 = 1, with no axioms and full k

Original source: https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/381