Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by Mandiant

CVE-2026-55396Unencrypted UDP Control Traffic in Teledyne FLIR Robots running Aware2

High 8.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Aware2 from Teledyne FLIR. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Cleartext transmission without a cryptographic integrity check in operator control unit to robot UDP traffic in Teledyne FLIR Aware2 versions through 6.9.0.2 (PackBot) and 1.7.9 (FirstLook) allows adjacent unauthenticated attackers to intercept, hijack, or modify control traffic against Teledyne FLIR PackBot and FirstLook robots running this software via sniffing or hijacking network traffic.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Teledyne FLIR	Aware2	0 – through 6.9.0.20 – through 1.7.9

Weakness: CWE-319 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H

References

https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2026/MNDT-2026-0032.md third-party-advisory