diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.0.1.bb b/meta/recipes-multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.0.1.bb
index 6ece34fcfd..1295d5cdf1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.0.1.bb
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ SRC_URI = "https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/${BP}.tar.xz \
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ef2efae259ce80a240de48ec85ecb062cecca26e4352ffb3fda562c21a93007b"
 
+# CVE-2023-39018 issue belongs to ffmpeg-cli-wrapper (Java wrapper around the FFmpeg CLI)
+# and not ffmepg itself.
+# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39018
+# https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-39018
+CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2023-39018"
+
 # Build fails when thumb is enabled: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7717
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv4 = "arm"
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv5 = "arm"