HollowByte - Vulnerability

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
6
occurrences
First Seen
July 17, 2026
Last Seen
July 19, 2026

HollowByte is a vulnerability tracked by ThreatCluster, appearing in 1 threat cluster built from 6 intelligence report mentions.

HollowByte is a vulnerability tracked across 1 threat cluster and 6 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed July 17, 2026; most recent activity July 19, 2026.

Related Threat Clusters

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Okta explains — sec.okta.com · July 19, 2026
  • OpenSSL Fixes HollowByte Memory Exhaustion Bug — Securityaffairs.Co · July 18, 2026
  • OpenSSL DoS Vulnerability Lets Remote Attackers Exhaust Server Memory With an 11 — Gbhackers · July 18, 2026
  • HollowByte DDoS flaw bloats OpenSSL server memory with 11 — Bleepingcomputer · July 18, 2026
  • HollowByte flaw allows unauthenticated OpenSSL memory exhaustion — Feeds.4Sysops · July 17, 2026
  • OpenSSL “HollowByte” Vulnerability Lets Hackers Crash Servers With Just 11 Bytes — Cybersecuritynews · July 17, 2026

Frequently asked questions

What is HollowByte?

HollowByte is a vulnerability tracked by ThreatCluster, appearing in 1 threat cluster built from 6 intelligence report mentions.

Is HollowByte still active?

The most recent intelligence report mentioning HollowByte on ThreatCluster is dated July 19, 2026. Activity was first observed July 17, 2026, giving a tracked span from then to July 19, 2026.

What is HollowByte associated with?

Across ThreatCluster reporting, HollowByte most frequently co-occurs with DDoS, Denial of Service, Okta, Cwe-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption, T1499 - Endpoint Denial of Service, among 12 tracked related entities.

What are the latest developments involving HollowByte?

The most significant recent cluster is “HollowByte Vulnerability in OpenSSL Allows DoS with 11-Byte Payload” (8 articles · Updated July 17, 2026). HollowByte appears across 1 threat cluster in total, listed above with sources.

How much reporting does ThreatCluster have on HollowByte?

HollowByte appears in 6 intelligence report mentions across 1 deduplicated threat cluster, aggregated from 17,000+ monitored sources.

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