IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 18

May 5, 2025 Doug Bidwell

Welcome to May, and we start out with PH65941, a notice from Big Blue that IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to server-side request forgery (CVE-2025-27907 CVSS 4.1). You can check out this link for more details. IBM says that the fix for this APAR is set to be included with WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.28 and 9.0.5.24. We are not sure when that will happen.

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
Performance Tools
IBM HTTP Server for i
Content Manager OnDemand for i
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.5:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.4:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.3:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

Tip O’ The Week: On April 18, Java 21 became generally available and is required by some licensed program products in the IBM i 7.6 stack. See more at this link. IBM Technology for Java 21 is released on IBM i 7.6 as option 21 (Java 21 64-bit) of product 5770-JV1. Here are the instructions on how to use Java 21 on IBM i:

Download Java 21 from the Entitled Software Support(ESS)
Install option 21 of 5770JV1 from the OS install image (i7.6). Refer to Download, Installation, and Usage of Java 21 on the IBM i OS for detailed information.
PTF Group SF99965 level 1 or higher is required for i 7.6.
Set JAVA_HOME to /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk21/64bit before invoking the Java.

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

TAI: Trust authentication interceptor, 6396908
JAVA: How To Verify the IBM i Java Development Kit Is Functioning Properly? 635795

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:

Diagram how PASE and IBM i are integrated down to the IBM Power Hardware layer.

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

TAPE/USB: IBM i Removable Media: Power10 tape and optical, 6487771

The Guide at a glance: There were new defectives the week of 05/03/25. 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	No Entries										

7.5	02/14/25	SJ03360	DT422644	SJ03833 (When available)(read the recommendations)
			SJ03138			Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
			SJ02952
			SJ02797
			SJ02479
			SJ02450
			SJ01867
			SJ01802					 
7.4	04/23/25	SJ02235	DT425909	SJ04474 (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:

May 3, 2025: Volume 27, Number 18

April 26, 2025: Volume 27, Number 17

April 21, 2025: Volume 27, Number 16

April 12, 2025: Volume 27, Number 15

April 5, 2025: Volume 27, Number 14

March 29, 2025: Volume 27, Number 13

March 22, 2025: Volume 27, Number 12

March 15, 2025: Volume 27, Number 11

March 8, 2025: Volume 27, Number 10

March 1, 2025: Volume 27, Number 09