CVE-2020-21583: Kernel Util-Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.

Affected products

• Kernel Util-Linux: before 2.27 (fixed in 2.27)

Published 2023-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.