diff --git a/modules/system-customize.sh b/modules/system-customize.sh
index 31d4a39..c290ed6 100644
--- a/modules/system-customize.sh
+++ b/modules/system-customize.sh
@@ -2825,7 +2825,8 @@ xanmod_pending_allocation_proof_trusted() {
     {
         IFS= read -r proof_token || return 1
         IFS= read -r proof_identity || return 1
-        if IFS= read -r extra_line; then
+        # read returns failure at EOF even after consuming an unterminated tail.
+        if IFS= read -r extra_line || [[ -n "$extra_line" ]]; then
             return 1
         fi
     } < "$proof_path"
diff --git a/tests/test-xanmod.sh b/tests/test-xanmod.sh
index a703256..59fa3be 100755
--- a/tests/test-xanmod.sh
+++ b/tests/test-xanmod.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,75 @@ make_layout "$TEST_DIR/tool"
 # shellcheck source=../tools/xanmod-install.sh
 source "$TOOL"
 trap 'rm -rf "$TEST_DIR"' EXIT
+# Proof parser fixtures: no APT, services or production paths.
+(
+    proof_root="$TEST_DIR/proof-tail"
+    mkdir -m 0700 "$proof_root"
+    XANMOD_ALLOCATION_CANDIDATE="$proof_root/candidate"
+    XANMOD_ALLOCATION_KIND=file
+    XANMOD_ALLOCATION_OWNER_TOKEN=fixture-token
+    XANMOD_ALLOCATION_EXPECTED_MODE=600
+    touch "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_CANDIDATE"
+    chmod 600 "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_CANDIDATE"
+    proof="$proof_root/proof"
+    xanmod_allocation_proof_path() { printf "%s\n" "$proof"; }
+    identity=$(stat -c "%d:%i" "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_CANDIDATE")
+    printf "%s\n%s\n" fixture-token "$identity" > "$proof"
+    chmod 600 "$proof"
+    assert_ok "exact two-line proof accepted" xanmod_pending_allocation_owned
+    for tail in unterminated "$identity"; do
+        printf "%s\n%s\n%s" fixture-token "$identity" "$tail" > "$proof"
+        assert_fail "unterminated proof tail rejected" xanmod_pending_allocation_proof_trusted
+        assert_fail "malformed proof cannot establish ownership" xanmod_pending_allocation_owned
+        [[ -f "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_CANDIDATE" ]] || fail "candidate unexpectedly removed"
+    done
+    printf "%s\n%s\nextra\n" fixture-token "$identity" > "$proof"
+    assert_fail "complete third line rejected" xanmod_pending_allocation_owned
+    printf "%s\n%s\n\n" fixture-token "$identity" > "$proof"
+    assert_fail "empty third line rejected" xanmod_pending_allocation_owned
+
+    # Reproduce the old EOF mistake with inert text, not an old production script.
+    legacy_accepts_tail() {
+        local token identity extra_line
+        {
+            IFS= read -r token || return 1
+            IFS= read -r identity || return 1
+            if IFS= read -r extra_line; then return 1; fi
+        } < "$proof"
+        [[ "$token" == fixture-token && "$identity" =~ ^[0-9]+:[0-9]+$ ]]
+    }
+    printf "%s\n%s\ntail" fixture-token "$identity" > "$proof"
+    assert_ok "old parser incorrectly accepts unterminated tail" legacy_accepts_tail
+    assert_fail "fixed parser rejects same counterexample" xanmod_pending_allocation_proof_trusted
+
+    # Only candidate state without prior ownership is covered here.
+    # Residue/previously-owned resources use a separate existing cleanup contract.
+    # Exercise the real dispatcher; the deletion primitive is a spy.
+    cleanup_calls=0
+    xanmod_cleanup_created_allocation() { cleanup_calls=$((cleanup_calls + 1)); return 0; }
+    for candidate_exists in yes no; do
+        XANMOD_ALLOCATION_CANDIDATE="$proof_root/candidate"
+        XANMOD_ALLOCATION_KIND=file
+        XANMOD_ALLOCATION_OWNER_TOKEN=fixture-token
+        XANMOD_ALLOCATION_EXPECTED_MODE=600
+        XANMOD_ALLOCATION_STATE=candidate
+        XANMOD_ALLOCATION_PROOF_OWNED=false
+        if [[ "$candidate_exists" == no ]]; then command rm -- "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_CANDIDATE"; fi
+        assert_ok "unowned candidate cleanup returns safely" cleanup_xanmod_pending_allocation
+        assert_eq "" "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_CANDIDATE" "candidate path cleared"
+        assert_eq "" "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_KIND" "allocation kind cleared"
+        assert_eq "" "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_OWNER_TOKEN" "owner token cleared"
+        assert_eq "" "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_EXPECTED_MODE" "expected mode cleared"
+        assert_eq "" "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_STATE" "allocation state cleared"
+        assert_eq false "$XANMOD_ALLOCATION_PROOF_OWNED" "proof ownership remains false"
+        assert_eq 0 "$cleanup_calls" "malformed proof does not authorize deletion of unowned candidate"
+        [[ -f "$proof" ]] || fail "untrusted proof was removed"
+        if [[ "$candidate_exists" == yes ]]; then
+            [[ -f "$proof_root/candidate" ]] || fail "untrusted candidate was removed"
+        fi
+    done
+)
+
 OTHER_UID=65534; [[ "$OTHER_UID" == "$XANMOD_TRUSTED_UID" ]] && OTHER_UID=0
 OTHER_GID=65534; [[ "$OTHER_GID" == "$XANMOD_TRUSTED_GID" ]] && OTHER_GID=0
 
diff --git a/tools/xanmod-install.sh b/tools/xanmod-install.sh
index 9c7839e..a7fa655 100755
--- a/tools/xanmod-install.sh
+++ b/tools/xanmod-install.sh
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ xanmod_pending_allocation_proof_trusted() {
     {
         IFS= read -r proof_token || return 1
         IFS= read -r proof_identity || return 1
-        if IFS= read -r extra_line; then
+        # read returns failure at EOF even after consuming an unterminated tail.
+        if IFS= read -r extra_line || [[ -n "$extra_line" ]]; then
             return 1
         fi
     } < "$proof_path"