diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.32.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.32.bb
index 3ae6d674a5..0fe0b801c2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.32.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.32.bb
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@ PROVIDES_append_class-native = " tar-replacement-native"
 NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX = "/${PN}"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+# These are both specific to the NPM package node-tar
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2021-32803 CVE-2021-32804"