What is CVE-2026-115996?
A vulnerability was detected in Unitree Robotics Unitree Go2 up to 1.1.13/1.1.14.1/1.1.15.1. This affects the function WebSocketClient.connect of the file websocket.py of the component chat_go. Performing a manipulation results in improper certificate validation. The attack may be initiated remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is reported as difficult. The vendor confirmed early: "These issues were previously submitted by the researcher through our Security Response Center platform and are tracked internally as follows: Submission 990504 corresponds to our internal ticket #616 (Go2 chat_go WSS client disabled TLS server certificate validation, CWE-295)."
The record classifies CVE-2026-115996 under weakness classes CWE-295, CWE-287. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 15 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 3.7 — LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:C - CVSS v4.0 base score
- 6.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.8% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 2.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-10-24
Is CVE-2026-115996 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 33 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Unitree Robotics: Unitree Go2
How to fix CVE-2026-115996
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-115996 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-115996
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-115996, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .