IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 28, Number 7

February 16, 2026 Doug Bidwell

First, we wish you all a happy belated Valentine’s Day, which we were thinking about because we put the IBM i PTF Guide together on Saturday.

Second, there is a new System Planning Tool, Version 6.26.041.0, which is available for download at this link. We also note that the link to the IBM Systems Workload Estimator and the link to the IBM Systems Energy Estimator no longer work and just take you to a generic IT Infrastructure page that is, how shall we say?, not particularly useful.

And third, we have Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server could provide weaker than expected security (CVE-2025-13333), which you can read about at this link. The affected products are IBM WebSphere Application Server Versions 8.5 and 9.0.

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

PTF Groups 7.6:

WebSphere Application Server V8.5

PTF Groups 7.5:

WebSphere Application Server V8.5
Temporary Storage PTFs

PTF Groups 7.4:

WebSphere Application Server V8.5

PTF Groups 7.3:

WebSphere Application Server V8.5

PTF Groups 7.2:

None

Tip O’ The Week: The last two digits of the Win App ACS download is the Version of the ODBC driver. See the link in the ACS_NAV Tab!

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

RDi: How to create a local repository for RDi fix packs that are available on external public https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ repository, 7259781

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:

CVE: What to consider when a software security scan reports IBM i ACS as being exposed to a CVE vulnerability, 7260535

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 02/14/26. 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	12/09/25    MJ07438	DT457460	MJ08280	(When available)(read the recommendations)
							Read the cover letter-prerequisites!			
7.5	01/15/26    SJ08112	DT460154	xxxxxxx (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.

With that, we are caught up. Finally.

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

February 14, 2026: Volume 28, Number 07

February 7, 2026: Volume 28, Number 06

January 31, 2026: Volume 28, Number 05

January 24, 2026: Volume 28, Number 04

January 17, 2026: Volume 28, Number 03

January 10, 2026: Volume 28, Number 02

January 3, 2026: Volume 28, Number 01

December 27, 2025: Volume 27, Number 52

December 20, 2025: Volume 27, Number 51