CVE-2026-72705

The guard checker in Rocq Prover does not follow recursive calls made through a fixpoint's own arguments. A fixpoint may pass itself as a higher-order argument to a second fixpoint, which then applies it to a value that is not a subterm of the structural argument. Passing the recursive function to a plain definition is rejected because the checker unfolds the definition and observes the call, but passing it to a fixpoint is accepted because higher-order recursive calls through fixpoint arguments are not tracked. This admits a type that is definitionally equal to its own negation, so self-application produces False in purely definitional code, without tactics, axioms, plugins or unsafe flags, and Print Assumptions reports the result as closed under the global context. Fixed in Rocq 9.2.0.
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Published : 2026-08-24 20:17

Updated : 2026-09-08 20:23


NVD link : CVE-2026-72705

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72705

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72705


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CWE
CWE-670

Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation