diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/openflow/openflow.inc b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/openflow/openflow.inc
index 15eb65a..ccafaf0 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/openflow/openflow.inc
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/openflow/openflow.inc
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@
 }
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d"
+
+# This CVE is not for this product but cve-check assumes it is
+# because two CPE collides when checking the NVD database
+CVE_CHECK_IGNORE = "CVE-2018-1078"