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🛡️ PYSEC-2022-199 — ctx

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

The ctx hosted project on PyPI was taken over via user account compromise and replaced with a malicious project which contained runtime code which collected the content of os.environ.items() when instantiating Ctx objects.

Affected software

PYSEC-2022-199 is recorded against 1 package.

  • ctx (from 0.1.2-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

python-security.readthedocs.io (Article)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2023-11-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ctx 0.1.2-1 —

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