A vulnerability in the Thinkst Canary honeypot Redis service allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute a Denial-of-Service attack against the honeypot.
The vulnerability is accessible when the Redis service is enabled only.
The Canary is NOT affected if the Redis service is disabled.
Thinkst has addressed this issue on all supported platforms.
New update files to address this issue are available on all platforms except Docker. For Docker customers, a new Docker image has been published which includes the patch. Customers with automatic updates enabled already have updates in distribution. If automatic updates are disabled, customers are advised to update their Canaries.
Workarounds are available for customers unable to update at this time.
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| Description | A vulnerability in the Thinkst Canary honeypot Redis service allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute a Denial-of-Service attack against the honeypot. The vulnerability is accessible when the Redis service is enabled only. The Canary is NOT affected if the Redis service is disabled. Thinkst has addressed this issue on all supported platforms. New update files to address this issue are available on all platforms except Docker. For Docker customers, a new Docker image has been published which includes the patch. Customers with automatic updates enabled already have updates in distribution. If automatic updates are disabled, customers are advised to update their Canaries. Workarounds are available for customers unable to update at this time. | |
| Title | Denial-of-Service in the Thinkst Canary Redis service | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ThinkstAppliedResearch
Published: 2026-09-21T13:13:53.053Z
Updated: 2026-09-21T14:48:17.169Z
Reserved: 2026-09-03T14:08:21.464Z
Link: CVE-2026-85220
Updated: 2026-09-21T14:40:18.385Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-09-21T14:17:22.007
Modified: 2026-09-22T19:41:38.447
Link: CVE-2026-85220
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