Hello users of our z/OS open-source ports,
I am pleased to announce the release of Rocket Open AppDev for Z v2.0.15. This release includes ports of two new tools, Py4J, and Python-confluent-kafka, and version currency updates for cURL, Git, Less, and Nano, as well as an extensive list of security fixes and other fixes for many other ports. For customers on a support contract, these latest builds are already available via conda or SMP/E. For users not on a support contract, these builds will be made available on our public conda channel server on June 19th, 2026.
Version currency updates:
- Curl 8.17.0
- Git 2.47.3
- Less 685
- Nano 8.7
New supported tool:
- Py4J 0.10.9.9
- Python-confluent-kafka 2.5.0
CVEs published against earlier versions and resolved by V2.0.14:
- Curl CVE-2025-10966 fix
- Git CVE-2024-52006, CVE-2024-50349, CVE-2025-27613, CVE-2025-27614, CVE-2025-46835, CVE-2025-48385, CVE-2025-48386 fixes
Fixes/CVEs in dependencies:
- Cert-bundle 2025.12.11 Certificate bundle update
- Sed 4.9 Bugfix: sed creates output file with mixed tag, when the command "w filename" (write the pattern space to filename) is used.
Changes in install options:
- The local file channel installer for AppDev 2.0.15 tools: appdev_local-2.0.15-2025-12-19.run.
- The new PTF RD13003 includes these packages
