CVE-2026-85220

LOWPre-NVD 3.73.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-09-21. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
3.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
3.7
EG Score
3.7(high)
EG Risk
17(Track)
EG Risk 17/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity37% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
32%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 21, 2026

Last Modified

September 22, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-85220(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-22 19:52 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-22 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-21 15:22 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-21 14:56 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-21 14:21 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-21 13:20 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-21 13:20 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-85220?
CVE-2026-85220 is a low vulnerability published on September 21, 2026. 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.…
When was CVE-2026-85220 disclosed?
CVE-2026-85220 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 21, 2026, with the most recent update on September 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-85220 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-85220 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 67.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-85220?
CVE-2026-85220 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-85220?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-85220, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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