CVE-2023-26980 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00013.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Pax	A920 Pro Paydroid
Paxtechnology	A920 Pro

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:pax:paydroid:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:pax:a920_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/189b1494s8RF8ksaOijKhKb-3B8gj3pLUmgn0dqg-jqs/edit
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/14X-XTYhkiaIVBS3zf68VigG4-imbKEuV
https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f1d54bf4-3803-480c-b4d3-0943f7dac76e/A920_EN_20200605.pdf?id=237392

History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Paxtechnology Paxtechnology a920 Pro
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:paxtechnology:a920_pro:8.1:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Paxtechnology Paxtechnology a920 Pro
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:01:32.043Z

Reserved: 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-26980

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:01:32.043Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-14T13:15:07.937

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:52:08.977

Link: CVE-2023-26980

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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