Pete Massiello

Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected by a Denial of Service Vulnerability [CVE-2026-6936] Security Bulletin CVEID:   CVE-2026-6936 DESCRIPTION:   IBM i is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to uncontrolled recursion in the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) compiler. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by compiling specially crafted source code containing a specific combination of statements. CWE:   CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion CVSS Source:   IBM CVSS Base score:   6.5 CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) IBM i Release Fixing PTF 7.6 MJ09365 7.5 MJ09335 7.4 MJ09334 7.3 MJ09332

IBM Backup, Recovery, and Media Services for i (BRMS) 5770-BR2 BRMS continues to deliver product enhancements and new GUI capabilities. This set of PTFs delivers the ability to do save and restore operations using the BRMS GUI. The granularity of the restore operations in this set will e at the library and IFS level. Object-level restores and file-level restores are on the roadmap. BRMS GUI Version Management – 2026 Release Overview BRMS introduces a new BRMS GUI Version Management capability, providing users with a more transparent way to reference the BRMS GUI version to easily see the scope of enhancements in each version. PTFs delivering BRMS GUI Version Management, available 17 March 2026 IBM i 7.4 – SJ08458 IBM i 7.5 – SJ08459 IBM i 7.6 – SJ08460 What’s New in BRMS GUI Version 2026.1.0 Control Group Management Enhancements - Remove, run, and copy backup control groups, including copying control groups to remote systems. - Edit backup control group attributes. - Add or remove backup items within control group entries. - Add or remove object omits for backup item entries within a control group. Initial Restore Support via Backup History Management - Restore a library - Restore a Link object (IFS)

IBM i Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) support for OAuth 2.0 OAuth (Open Authorization) is an open-standard protocol that uses access tokens rather than credentials such as usernames and passwords. The access token grants scoped and time-limited permissions to access user data on another service. Many providers currently or will require OAuth tokens instead of passwords. IBM i SMTP will support OAuth 2.0 by 19 June 2026 for IBM i 7.4 and later. - Implements as Service Account with domain-wide delegation = Supports Gmail (Google Workspace) and Office 365 (Microsoft 365) providers = Configuration through Change SMTP Attributes (CHGSMTPA) and Navigator for i = Sending an email is the same after initial configuration See ibm.com/support/pages/… for more details.

The iTech difference. Everyone has co-workers, but at iTech, they were my work family. They came out to attend my wedding with Sue. Some came to the wedding in Mexico, and here is the group at the Danbury wedding. Always the best, of the best, of the best in the #IBMi industry. I love them all.

I will be speaking at COMMON Europe Congress in Lyon France June 14-17, Planning a smooth move of your #IBMi to the cloud. I hope to see you there #comeur2026

Pete Massiello I will be speaking at COMMON Europe Congress in Lyon, France, June 14-17, HMC, #IBMi, eBMC/FSP, and firmware: Putting all the pieces together. Hope to see you there.#comeur2026

May 4th is Star Wars day: May the force be with you today. When you run #IBMi the force is with you every day !

IBM i OS default JDKs - this is the JDK used if the JAVA_HOME environment is not configured system-wide or at the job scope. #IBMi defaults for each release. IBM i 5.4 - Classic 1.4.2 64 bit IBM i 6.1 - IT4J 5.0 32 bit IBM i 7.1 - IT4J 6.0 32 bit IBM i 7.2 - IT4J 7.1 32 bit IBM i 7.3 - IT4J 8.0 32 bit IBM i 7.4 - IT4J 8.0 64 bit IBM i 7.5 - IT4J 8.0 64 bit IBM i 7.6 - IT4J 17 64 bit

This week is always one of My favorite weeks of the year, COMMON PowerUp. Now that i don't work every day, it reconnects me to my iTech Family first and foremost. Love hanging with that team. It gave me the “ iTech dose” that I need to live. COMMON has always been about: seeing old friends, make new friends, speaking at the conference, learning, volunteering, helping/mentoring others, and just talking IBM Power and #IBMi with everyone. There is nothing more rewarding after giving a presentation when people say how much they learned from me. Sometimes they come up right after the session, in the hallway, in the bar, even on the elevator. Its the ultimate payment for speaking. It makes me feel good that I can give back to the IBMi community, that same community which gave me an amazing career and propelled me to have a very rewarding life. The trip of life is truly enhanced with the people that surround you.

IBM is just delivering POWER11 servers today, but they are already working on the POWER12 and POWER13 Chips (not servers yet). This is your roadmap for #IbmI and future proofing your investment.

IBM power-next, discussing the architecture of the machine after Power11. #ibmi the stuff you learn at COMMON PowerUp2026.

You have the most integrated AI Platform already. #ibmi

Bob and #ibmi

Bob can help with your AI. Its an Software Development Lifecycle tool. #ibmi

AI projects fail because of Bad data foundations. But #ibmi has been built on good DB2 data, you are already ready.

Agentic AI is latency sensitive and can excel in tightly coupled environments. It runs well on/with #ibmi

The most important AI platform you will need us already in your company. #ibmpower with #ibmi

Here it is everything you need to know about your future, in one slide. #ibmi Your most strategic AI Platform.