Current release: 5.9.0
Version 5.9 of Cequence Defender was released December 19, 2025.
Cequence UAP platform requirement
This release of the Cequence Defender requires release 8.3 or later of the Cequence Unified App Protection (UAP) platform. Upgrade the Cequence UAP platform before upgrading the Cequence Defener.
Features & Enhancements
DEF-2012: HTML responses include request IDs with transaction depth information.
DEF-2008: Defender supports headless mode operation.
DEF-2003: Bridge and Defender security vulnerabilities addressed.
DEF-1990: Adds support for HTML responses to the block action.
DEF-1989: Adds support for autorecovery from configuration update issues.
DEF-1971: Adds SDP metrics per location.
Image locations for on-premises deployments
Your Cequence team provides you with GitLab credentials for the Cequence image registry. Before downloading Docker images, establish credentials by running the following commands:
export GITLAB_USER = <user provided by cequence>
export GITLAB_PASS = <token provided by cequence>
docker login registry.gitlab.com -u $GITLAB_USER -p $GITLAB_PASS
To pull an image from the registry, run the following Docker command.
docker pull <image repository URL>
| Package | Location | Version | State | MD5 Checksum |
| Helm chart | https://cequence.gitlab.io/helm-charts/ | 5.9 | Released | |
| Image repository | registry.gitlab.com/cequence/releases/defender:5.9.0 | 5.9 | Released |
Compatibility
| Defender (ARM and X86) | Cequence UAP platform | Compatible |
| 5.9.0 | 7x Releases before 7.5.0 | No |
| 5.9.0 | 8x Releases before 8.2.0 | Yes |
| 5.9.0 | 8.2+ Releases | Yes |