Sunshine
CVE-2024-31221
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V7 - Session Management Session fixation prevention
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| Impact | CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-384. Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 0.23.0, after unpairing all devices in the web UI interface and then pairing only one device, all of the previously devices will be temporarily paired. Version 0.23.0 contains a patch for the issue. As a workaround, restarting Sunshine after unpairing all devices prevents the vulnerability. Affected products include: Lizardbyte Sunshine. Version information: version 0.10.0.
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CVSS VectorVendor: github
DescriptionCVE.org
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 0.23.0, after unpairing all devices in the web UI interface and then pairing only one device, all of the previously devices will be temporarily paired. Version 0.23.0 contains a patch for the issue. As a workaround, restarting Sunshine after unpairing all devices prevents the vulnerability.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Local privilege escalation in LizardByte Sunshine on Windows: the SunshineService service is registered with an unquoted
Authentication bypass in LizardByte Sunshine self-hosted game stream host (versions prior to 2026.516.143833) allows rem
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Prior to version 2025.628.4510, the web UI of Sunshine lacks p
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remote
A previously paired Moonlight client that still holds its private key can bypass Sunshine's 'Disable' control and regain
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is remotely
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Prior to version 2025.628.4510, the web UI of Sunshine lacks p
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.9).
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Sunshine for Windows (version v2025.122.141614 and likely prior ver
Sunshine for Windows, version v2025.122.141614, contains a DLL search-order hijacking vulnerability, allowing attackers
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely
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