CVE-2025-54081 (GCVE-0-2025-54081)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-23 18:18 – Updated: 2025-09-23 19:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
SunshineService Has Unquoted Service Path That Allows Local SYSTEM Code Execution
Summary
Sunshine is a self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight. Prior to version 2025.923.33222, the Windows service SunshineService is installed with an unquoted executable path. If Sunshine is installed in a directory whose name includes a space, the Service Control Manager (SCM) interprets the path incrementally and may execute a malicious binary placed earlier in the search string. This issue has been patched in version 2025.923.33222.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-23 19:15 UTC
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/commit/f22… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/releases/t… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LizardByte | Sunshine |
Affected:
< 2025.923.33222
|
guessed |
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