CVE-2026-85220 (GCVE-0-2026-85220)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-21 13:13 – Updated: 2026-09-21 14:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Denial-of-Service in the Thinkst Canary Redis service
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-21 14:36 UTC
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of resources without limits or throttling
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thinkst Applied Research | Canary |
Unaffected:
5.1.2
(custom)
Unaffected: 5.2.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.3.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.4.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.5.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.6.4 (custom) Unaffected: 5.7.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.8.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.9.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.10.2 (custom) Unaffected: 5.11.2 (custom) |
guessed |
Date Public
2026-09-21 13:02
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