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Rex-1.16.1
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Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2026-94140 (2026-10-21)

Rex versions through 1.16.1 for Perl accept an unknown SSH host key for remote rsync transfers because sync hardcodes StrictHostKeyChecking=no. Every remote branch of sync builds its ssh command with that option, for password authentication, for private-key authentication and for the fallback. The ssh options a caller sets through set_openssh_opt reach the OpenSSH transport but not this command, so there is no configuration that restores host key checking for the transfer. An attacker who can redirect the connection before the real host key is known presents their own and the transfer proceeds: under password authentication sync sends the connection password to that server, an upload writes the selected local files to it, and a download writes what it returns to the local destination.

NAME

Rex::Hardware - Base Class for hardware / information gathering

DESCRIPTION

This module is the base class for hardware/information gathering.

SYNOPSIS

use Rex::Hardware;

my %host_info = Rex::Hardware->get(qw/ Host /);
my %all_info  = Rex::Hardware->get(qw/ All /);

CLASS METHODS

get(@modules)

Returns a hash with the wanted information.

task "get-info", "server1", sub {
  %hw_info = Rex::Hardware->get(qw/ Host Network /);
};

Or if you want to get all information

task "get-all-info", "server1", sub {
  %hw_info = Rex::Hardware->get(qw/ All /);
};

Available modules:

Host
Kernel
Memory
Network
Swap
VirtInfo