CVE-2026-85220

Denial-of-Service in the Thinkst Canary Redis service

Published Sep 21, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.7 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Canary is available across multiple platforms, each with its own version number. The table below shows the first affected and patched versions for all Canary platforms. Platform | First Vulnerable Canary Release | First Fixed Canary Release ------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------- AWS EC2 | 2.0.2 | 5.3.2 Docker | 3.7.1 | 5.7.2 GCP | 2.2.3 | 5.4.2 Hardware | 1.0 | 5.1.2 Microsoft Azure | 2.2.9 | 5.6.4 Microsoft Hyper-V | 2.3.2 | 5.5.2 Nutanix | 4.9.0 | 5.9.2 OCI | 3.11.10 | 5.11.2 OpenStack | 3.8.9 | 5.8.2 Tailscale | 2.2.1 | 5.3.2 VMware ESXi | 2.0.2 | 5.2.2


Vendor Workaround

* Disable the Redis service

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Thinkst Applied Research
Thinkst Applied Research opencanary
Vendors & Products Thinkst Applied Research
Thinkst Applied Research opencanary
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ThinkstAppliedResearch
Published
Updated
Sep 21, 2026, 2:48 PM
Reserved
Sep 3, 2026, 2:08 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 21, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Sep 22, 2026, 7:41 PM