What is CVE-2024-51738?

CVE-2024-51738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lizardbyte Sunshine, classified under Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-01-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-51738?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Lizardbyte Sunshine

CVE-2024-51738

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…

EPSS: 0.006 (43.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Lizardbyte Sunshine — versions < 2025.118.151840

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-51738?: CVE-2024-51738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lizardbyte Sunshine, classified under Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-01-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-51738?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.