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CVE-2024-31226: Sunshine's unquoted executable path could lead to hijacked execution flow

LowCVSS 2.9 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 11/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. A user must open a link or visit a page. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 4.9, NVD 2.9.

Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Users who ran Sunshine versions 0.17.0 through 0.22.2 as a service on Windows may be impacted when terminating the service if an attacked placed a file named `C:\Program.exe`, `C:\Program.bat`, or `C:\Program.cmd` on the user's computer. This attack vector isn't exploitable unless the user has manually loosened ACLs on the system drive. If the user's system locale is not English, then the name of the executable will likely vary. Version 0.23.0 contains a patch for the issue. Some workarounds are available. One may identify and block potentially malicious software executed path interception by using application control tools, like Windows Defender Application Control, AppLocker, or Software Restriction Policies where appropriate. Alternatively, ensure that proper permissions and directory access control are set to deny users the ability to write files to the top-level directory `C:`. Require that all executables be placed in write-protected directories.

Published
May 16, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 12th percentile

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Action score

11

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
11 / 40 · 2.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
2.9
CNA · GitHub_M
4.9
2.0 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
lizardbytesunshine

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • LizardByte Sunshine

    • >= 0.17.0, < 0.23.0affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • lizardbyte sunshine0.17.0 and later · before 0.23.0

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-32253Sunshine: Authentication bypass via improper client certificate validation
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-53095Sunshine application-wide CSRF in the UI leads to command injection as Administrator
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2025-10199A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in LizardBytes' Sunshine for Windows
    31Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-31220Apr 5, 2024 · Sunshine vulnerable to remote unauthenticated arbitrary file read
    29Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-31221Apr 8, 2024 · Clients removed during unpairing process may regain access if Sunshine was not restarted
    23Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-45407Sep 10, 2024 · Sunshine has incorrect state management during pairing process may lead to incorrectly authorized client
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-10199481 days apartA local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in LizardBytes' Sunshine for Windows
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2025-54081495 days apartSunshineService Has Unquoted Service Path That Allows Local SYSTEM Code Execution
    28Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-428 · Unquoted Search Path or Element

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

References

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