@@ -3745,6 +3745,27 @@ def test_crashing_signal_dict_flags(self):
 @requires_cdecimal
 class CContextAPItests(ContextAPItests, unittest.TestCase):
     decimal = C
+
+    def test_current_context_var_wrong_type(self):
+        # gh-161387
+        if not self.decimal.HAVE_CONTEXTVAR:
+            self.skipTest("_decimal built without context variables")
+        value = object()
+        context_vars = [var for var in contextvars.copy_context()
+                        if var.name == "decimal_context"]
+        self.assertTrue(context_vars)
+        tokens = [var.set(value) for var in context_vars]
+
+        def restore():
+            for var, token in zip(context_vars, tokens):
+                var.reset(token)
+
+        self.addCleanup(restore)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, "got object"):
+            self.decimal.Decimal(1) + self.decimal.Decimal(2)
+        for var in context_vars:
+            self.assertIs(var.get(), value)
+
 class PyContextAPItests(ContextAPItests, unittest.TestCase):
     decimal = P
 
 
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a crash in :mod:`decimal` when the internal ``decimal_context``
+:class:`contextvars.ContextVar` holds a value that is not a context.
@@ -1865,6 +1865,13 @@ current_context(decimal_state *state)
     }
 
     if (tl_context != NULL) {
+        if (!PyDecContext_Check(state, tl_context)) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                         "current decimal context must be a Context "
+                         "instance, got %T", tl_context);
+            Py_DECREF(tl_context);
+            return NULL;
+        }
         return tl_context;
     }
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@`
	`1`	+Fix a crash in :mod:`decimal` when the internal ``decimal_context``
	`2`	+:class:`contextvars.ContextVar` holds a value that is not a context.
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1865,6 +1865,13 @@ current_context(decimal_state *state)`
`1865`	`1865`	`}`
`1866`	`1866`
`1867`	`1867`	`if (tl_context != NULL) {`
	`1868`	`+ if (!PyDecContext_Check(state, tl_context)) {`
	`1869`	`+ PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,`
	`1870`	`+ "current decimal context must be a Context "`
	`1871`	`+ "instance, got %T", tl_context);`
	`1872`	`+ Py_DECREF(tl_context);`
	`1873`	`+ return NULL;`
	`1874`	`+ }`
`1868`	`1875`	`return tl_context;`
`1869`	`1876`	`}`
`1870`	`1877`