sonic3air vulnerability

Sonic 3 A.I.R. before commit 2492d18 contains a missing source address validation vulnerability in ConnectionManager where established connections are resolved by a two-byte local connection handle alone without verifying that the datagram source address matches the registered remote address for the connection. An on-path attacker who can observe cleartext UDP traffic can inject arbitrary packets into any established session by forging the two-byte connection identifier, enabling session termination via TerminateConnectionPacket, arbitrary channel message forgery, and forged request responses without requiring IP address spoofing.

Published 6 Aug 2026Updated 24 Sep 20262 sources
CVSS 8.3

What happened

Sonic 3 A.I.R. before commit 2492d18 contains a missing source address validation vulnerability in ConnectionManager where established connections are resolved by a two-byte local connection handle alone without verifying that the datagram source address matches the registered remote address for the connection. An on-path attacker who can observe cleartext UDP traffic can inject arbitrary packets into any established session by forging the two-byte connection identifier, enabling session termination via TerminateConnectionPacket, arbitrary channel message forgery, and forged request responses without requiring IP address spoofing.

Affected versions

sonic3air: 0 through 26.03.28.0 (custom) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

Public PoC references

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