HollowByte: 11-Byte Payload Triggers OpenSSL Server Memory Exhaustion

**HollowByte** is a newly disclosed OpenSSL vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to cause memory-exhaustion denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted 11-byte TLS handshake packet that triggers an unbounded allocation; the report details impact, exploitation mechanics, mitigation strategies (rate limiting, timeouts, WAF/proxy) and remediation guidance to update OpenSSL when patches are released.