Which versions of Sunshine are affected by CVE-2024-51738?

Organizations using Sunshine face notable risk from CVE-2024-51738 rated CVSS 7.7. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2024-51738?

Within 30 days: Identify all affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Vendor patch is available.

Sunshine CVE-2024-51738

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-51738?

CVE-2024-51738 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 7.7 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.8%.

HIGH

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness (CWE-305)

2025-01-20 security-advisories@github.com

Denial Of Service Sunshine

7.7

CVSS 4.0 · GitHub Advisory

Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY

7.7 HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:04 vuln.today

Patch released

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:04 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Jan 20, 2025 - 16:15 nvd

HIGH 7.7

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. In 0.23.1 and earlier, Sunshine's pairing protocol implementation does not validate request order and is thereby vulnerable to a MITM attack, potentially allowing an unauthenticated attacker to pair a client by hijacking a legitimate pairing attempt. This bug may also be used by a remote attacker to crash Sunshine. This vulnerability is fixed in 2025.118.151840.

AnalysisAI

Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-305. Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. In 0.23.1 and earlier, Sunshine's pairing protocol implementation does not validate request order and is thereby vulnerable to a MITM attack, potentially allowing an unauthenticated attacker to pair a client by hijacking a legitimate pairing attempt. This bug may also be used by a remote attacker to crash Sunshine. This vulnerability is fixed in 2025.118.151840. Affected products include: Lizardbyte Sunshine.

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.