Which versions of worldskills are malicious?

The following npm versions of worldskills are flagged malicious: 1.0.6. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate worldskills if I installed it?

Remove worldskills from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

I already installed worldskills — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If worldskills was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

How do I find worldskills across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for worldskills (version 1.0.6).

Malicious package

worldskillsnpm

Advisory published Nov 13, 2025Updated Nov 13, 2025

worldskills is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2025-190492) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in worldskills (npm)

MAL-2025-190492

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall worldskills

What this malware does

The package worldskills was found to contain malicious code.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.6

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

d245ace818f9e6d4526355bd80129354c139dd0b991e6df6ee6211df41110352

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for worldskills (version 1.0.6).
If you installed it — respond
Remove worldskills from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If worldskills was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. worldskills on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.6 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks worldskills-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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