I tried several cables with the same results.
In the meanwhile, Stereolabs offered a workaround for ZED 2 that does not involve physical re-plugging or additional hardware, I’m adding their answer here in favour of anyone else that may encounter this issue:
The problem is that the UVC module is not correctly initialized, while the HID module is correctly detected (sensors stack module).
You can verify it using the lsusb command, which will correctly list the 2b03:f781 device (HID), but not the 2b03:f780 device (UVC).
A temporary solution could be to call the SDK API function [sl::camera::reboot()](https://www.stereolabs.com/docs/api/classsl_1_1Camera.html#ae55291a8a30832451c288d3a9bc5a011) when starting your application, this command will use the MCU to reset the UVC module, simulating an unplug/replug operation.