IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 28, Number 14 - IT Jungle

April 6, 2026

Happy Easter, everyone, and may the spring renew everyone. There’s only one security vulnerability this week, so let’s get to it.

That would be Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected by Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key, Cross-site Scripting, and Prototype Pollution Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty [CVE-2025-14923, CVE-2025-12635, CVE-2026-29063], which you can find out more about here. The affected releases and their PTFs are as follows:

IBM i Release	5770-SS1 Option 3 	PTF Number(s)
7.6					SJ09013	
7.5					SJ09014
7.4					SJ09015 
7.3					SJ09016	
7.2					SJ09017

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:

PTF Groups 7.6:

HIPERs – High Impact/Pervasive
Group Security
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.5:

HIPERs – High Impact/Pervasive
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.4:

HIPERs – High Impact/Pervasive
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.3:

Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.2:

None

Tip O’ The Week: Don’t eat too much candy. . . .

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Links’ tab in The Guide this week:

SMTP/MSF: How to Query the MSF Journal to Find Specific Entries, 686189
BRMS: Understanding the Cyber Vault for IBM i blueprint,7263099
System/Auditjrn: Reverting Changes to Object Authorities Using IBM i Audit Journal Data, 7245742
PTF: IBM i Removable Media PTFs, 1108005

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘QMGtools’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘ACS_NAV’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Prtr Links’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

None

New (or Updated) stuff added to REF tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links in the TAPE tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links in the WAS tab in The Guide this week:

None

The Guide at a glance: There were new defectives the week of 04/04/26. Defective PTF rundown – the latest defective for each release. Click on the Defective PTF link for your release in the Guide:

	Defect	    Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date	    PTF				PTF
	--------    --------	---------	-----------------------	
7.6	03/17/26    SJ07685	DT465567	SJ09038	(When available)(read the recommendations)
							Read the cover letter-prerequisites!			

7.5	03/17/26    SJ07685	DT465567	SJ09038 (When available)(read the recommendations)
				 			Read the cover letter-prerequisites!                   	
						 
7.4	03/17/26    SJ05258	DT465567	SJ09037	Same as above, Please read the Cover letter - 
							(When available)(read the recommendations)
							Read the cover letter-prerequisites!

7.3	01/27/25    SJ03169	DT422375	SJ03786 (When available)(read the recommendations)

Be sure to access the link in The Guide for further details.

Below is the usual archive of the IBM i PTF Guide to help you work through the PTFs in chronological order:

April 4, 2026: Volume 28, Number 14

March 28, 2026: Volume 28, Number 13

March 23, 2026: Volume 28, Number 12

March 14, 2026: Volume 28, Number 11

March 7, 2026: Volume 28, Number 10

February 28, 2026: Volume 28, Number 09

February 21, 2026: Volume 28, Number 08

February 14, 2026: Volume 28, Number 07

February 7, 2026: Volume 28, Number 06

January 31, 2026: Volume 28, Number 05