GHSA-4g82-3jcr-q52w

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GHSA-4g82-3jcr-q52w

Summary: Malware in ctx

Details: The `ctx` hosted project on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/ctx/) was taken over via user account compromise and replaced with a malicious project which contained runtime code that collected the content of `os.environ.items()` when instantiating `Ctx` objects. The captured environment variables were sent as a base64 encoded query parameter to a heroku application running at `https://anti-theft-web.herokuapp.com`. If you installed the package between May 14, 2022 and May 24, 2022, and your environment variables contain sensitive data like passwords and API keys (like `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`), we advise you to rotate your passwords and keys, then perform an audit to determine if they were exploited.

References: https://github.com/figlief/ctx, https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/ctx+Python+Library+Updated+with+Extra+Features/28678, https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/malicious-python-library-ctx-removed-from-pypi-repo, https://python-security.readthedocs.io/pypi-vuln/index-2022-05-24-ctx-domain-takeover.html