IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 28, Number 33

September 28, 2026 Doug Bidwell

Welcome to the 33^rd edition of 2026 of the IBM i PTF Guide. The good news is that there are lot fewer security vulnerabilities for the IBM i platform that we reported on last week. There are, once again, updates to IBM i 7.3 through IBM i 7.6 for various PTF groups.

We will start with the security issues and patches, and count them off to keep track of them.

1. Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty due to August 2026 CPU, which is available to read HERE. Affected Products and Versions:

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

2. Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected By A Race Condition Vulnerability in SQL Query Engine [CVE-2026-18069], which is available to read HERE. Affected Products and Versions:

IBM i Release	5770-SS1	PTF Number(s)
7.6				SJ11015
				SJ11017
7.5				SJ11007
7.4				SJ10970
7.3				SJ10969

3. Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in PASE [CVE-2026-19086, CVE-2026-19280], which is available to read HERE. Affected Products and Versions:

IBM i Release	5770-999	PTF Number(s)
7.6				MJ11517
				MJ11513
7.5				MJ11516
				MJ11511
7.4				MJ11515
				MJ11510
7.3				MJ11514
				MJ11509

4. Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service and Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities in FTP [CVE-2026-17262, CVE-2026-18869], which is available to read HERE. Affected Products and Versions:

IBM i Release	5770-TC1	PTF Number(s)
7.6				SJ11371
7.5				SJ11382
7.4				SJ11383
7.3				SJ11384

5. Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in NTP, which is available to read HERE. Affected Products and Versions:

IBM i Release	5770-SS1 	PTF Number(s)
7.6				SJ11497
7.5				SJ11498
7.4				SJ11499
7.3				SJ11500

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

PTF Groups 7.6:

HIPERs – High Impact/Pervasive
Security
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.5:

HIPERs – High Impact/Pervasive
Security
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.4:

HIPERs – High Impact/Pervasive
Security
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.3:

HIPERs – High Impact/Pervasive
Security
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.2:

None

Tip O’ The Week: (this may or may not resolve your problem, for some, it worked!!)

Unable to obtain CONSOLE or VIRTUAL Control Panel after Updating to ACS version 1.1.9.15

Close all the ACS windows and
Go to: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\IBM\iAccessClient\Private\ and then delete the folder.Administrator and then
Restart ACS.

Submitted by our friends at TRACnet. . . .

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

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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:

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New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

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

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

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

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The Guide at a glance: There were new defectives the week of 09/19/26. 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	09/10/26	MJ10605	        DT499686	MJ11309	(When available)(read the recommendations)
			MJ10457					Read the cover letter-prerequisites!	
			MJ07695

7.5	08/27/26	SJ10844	        DT498782	SJ11182	(When available)(read the recommendations)
			SJ10692					Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
			SJ09231						
			SJ08956
			SJ08706
			SJ08575
			SJ08425

7.4	08/27/26	SJ08675	        DT498782	SJ11183	Same as above, please read the cover letter  
			SJ10873					(When available)(read the recommendations)
			SJ09230					Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
			SJ08957
			SJ08705
			SJ08576
			SJ08424

7.3	04/10/26	SJ08674	        DT467722	SJ09200 (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:

September 19, 2026: Volume 28, Number 33

September 12, 2026: Volume 28, Number 32

September 4, 2026: Volume 28, Number 31

August 29, 2026: Volume 28, Number 30

August 22, 2026: Volume 28, Number 29

August 15, 2026: Volume 28, Number 28

August 8, 2026: Volume 28, Number 27

August 1, 2026: Volume 28, Number 26

July 26, 2026: Volume 28, Number 25

July 18, 2026: Volume 28, Number 24