diff --git a/meta-perl/recipes-extended/logcheck/logcheck_1.3.23.bb b/meta-perl/recipes-extended/logcheck/logcheck_1.3.23.bb
index b40d52ab94..ce6118a12b 100644
--- a/meta-perl/recipes-extended/logcheck/logcheck_1.3.23.bb
+++ b/meta-perl/recipes-extended/logcheck/logcheck_1.3.23.bb
@@ -77,3 +77,6 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
 "
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/logtail"
+
+# This vulnerability is specific to the way Gentoo packages this application.
+CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2017-20148"