{"id":"CVE-2018-16738","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16738","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:26:09.475Z","title":"tinc 1.0.30 through 1.0.34 has a broken authentication protocol, although there is a partial mitigation.","description":"tinc 1.0.30 through 1.0.34 has a broken authentication protocol, although there is a partial mitigation. This is fixed in 1.1.","published":"2018-10-10T21:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["tinc-vpn/tinc","debian/debian linux","starwindsoftware/starwind virtual san"],"epss":{"score":0.01355,"percentile":0.71462,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://tinc-vpn.org/security/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d3297fbd3b8c8c8a4661f5bbf89aca5cacba8b5a","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4312","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20190227-0002/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://tinc-vpn.org/security/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d3297fbd3b8c8c8a4661f5bbf89aca5cacba8b5a","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4312","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20190227-0002/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16738","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}