OpenCanary Redis Action Command Attempt
Alerts when OpenCanary reports an attempted action command against its Redis service.
FreeReviewedSigma · High · v5
- Product
- opencanary
- Category
- application
- Author
- Security Onion Solutions (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
- Published
- 2024-03-08
- Updated
- 2026-07-31
ATT&CK techniques
Cred Access → CollectionRecon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
Impact
What it detects
This rule flags events from an OpenCanary node indicating that a Redis service received an attempted action command. Attackers may probe or attempt to interact with Redis to test for exposed services or to progress credential-access and collection objectives. It relies on application telemetry from OpenCanary where the event is logged with logtype 17001.
Reporting behind it
- opencanary.readthedocs.iohttps://opencanary.readthedocs.io/en/latest/starting/configuration.html#services-configuration
- github.comhttps://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/blob/a0896adfcaf0328cfd5829fe10d2878c7445138e/opencanary/logger.py#L52
- github.comhttps://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/application/opencanary/opencanary_redis_command.yml
Changelog
v5- v5Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
- v4Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
- v3Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
- v2Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
- v1No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.
opencanary-redis-action-command-attempt-547dfc53
title: OpenCanary Redis Action Command Attempt
id: 11174bf6-9c22-4d70-a328-882f58de1c91
status: test
description: This rule flags events from an OpenCanary node indicating that a Redis service received an attempted action command. Attackers may probe or attempt to interact with Redis to test for exposed services or to progress credential-access and collection objectives. It relies on application telemetry from OpenCanary where the event is logged with logtype 17001.
references:
- https://opencanary.readthedocs.io/en/latest/starting/configuration.html#services-configuration
- https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/blob/a0896adfcaf0328cfd5829fe10d2878c7445138e/opencanary/logger.py#L52
- https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/application/opencanary/opencanary_redis_command.yml
author: Security Onion Solutions, Huntrule Team
date: 2024-03-08
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.collection
- attack.t1003
- attack.t1213
logsource:
category: application
product: opencanary
detection:
selection:
logtype: 17001
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: high
license: DRL-1.1
related:
- id: 547dfc53-ebf6-4afe-8d2e-793d9574975d
type: derived