IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 45

November 10, 2025 Doug Bidwell

It has been a while since we saw new security vulnerabilities, and when you thought that, you jinxed the enter IBM i community. So thanks for that, and specifically, for the three new vulnerabilities we will tell you about now.

First, we have Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty due to the October 2025 CPU, which you can read more about here. The affected products are:

Affected Product(s)			   Version(s)
IBM WebSphere Application Server	   9.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server	   8.5
WebSphere Application Server - Liberty	   Continuous delivery

Second, we have Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty are affected by SMTP injection due to Jakarta Mail (CVE-2025-7962), about which you can read more at this link. Here are the products affected by release:

Affected Product(s)				Version(s)
IBM WebSphere Application Server		9.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server		8.5
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty	17.0.0.3 - 25.0.0.11

And third, we have Security Bulletin: IBM i is affected by BIND accepting records with untrusted data, predictable port and query ID, and resource exhaustions in Domain Name System due to multiple vulnerabilities. You can read more about this issue here. Here are the patches for this vulnerability:

IBM i Release	5770-SS1 Option 31 	PTF Number(s)	
7.6				        SJ07574	
7.5				        SJ07452	
7.4				        SJ07572	
7.3				        SJ07573	
7.2				        SJ07985

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

PTF Groups 7.6:

760 IBM MQ for IBM i – v9.3.0/v9.4.0
Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
MGTools

PTF Groups 7.5:

IBM MQ for IBM i – v9.2.0/v9.3.0/v9.4.0
Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
MGTools

PTF Groups 7.4:

MQ for IBM i – v9.0.0/v9.1.0/v9.2.0/v9.3.0
Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
MGTools

PTF Groups 7.3:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
MGTools

Tip ‘O The Week: Some IBM i “green screen” tips:

“&” followed by a space in any IBM provided field shows you the available parms that can be used in that field

“&” by itself will extend a field that can be extended one increment (don’t know what the increment is)

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

QMGTOOLS: Store FTP2IBMCMD Credentials, 716165
QMGTOOLS: FTP Data to IBM, 683501

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 11/08/25. 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	10/17/25	SJ06793	        DT453552	SJ07607	(When available)(read the recommendations)
								Read the cover letter-prerequisites!			
7.5	10/22/25	SJ06924	        DT453939	SJ07685 (When available)(read the recommendations)
				 				Read the cover letter-prerequisites!                   	
7.4	09/11/25	MJ06247	        DT450137	MJ07181	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:

November 8, 2025: Volume 27, Number 45

November 1, 2025: Volume 27, Number 44

October 25, 2025: Volume 27, Number 43

October 18, 2025: Volume 27, Number 42

October 11, 2025: Volume 27, Number 41

October 4, 2025: Volume 27, Number 40

September 27, 2025: Volume 27, Number 39

September 20, 2025: Volume 27, Number 38

September 13, 2025: Volume 27, Number 37

September 6, 2025: Volume 27, Number 36