CVE-2023-26980
PAX Technology PAX A920 Pro PayDroid 8.1suffers from a Race Condition vulnerability, which allows attackers to bypass the payment software and force the OS to boot directly to Android during the boot process.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
PAX Technology PAX A920 Pro PayDroid 8.1suffers from a Race Condition vulnerability, which allows attackers to bypass the payment software and force the OS to boot directly to Android during the boot process. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because the attack is not feasible: the home launcher will be loaded before any user applications.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 19th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- pax/paydroid
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 4 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/189b1494s8RF8ksaOijKhKb-3B8gj3pLUmgn0dqg-jqs/editMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/14X-XTYhkiaIVBS3zf68VigG4-imbKEuVExploit
- https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f1d54bf4-3803-480c-b4d3-0943f7dac76e/A920_EN_20200605.pdf?id=237392Broken Link
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/189b1494s8RF8ksaOijKhKb-3B8gj3pLUmgn0dqg-jqs/editMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/14X-XTYhkiaIVBS3zf68VigG4-imbKEuVExploit
- https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f1d54bf4-3803-480c-b4d3-0943f7dac76e/A920_EN_20200605.pdf?id=237392Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.