diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMetadata.test_cve_check_ignore.fail b/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMetadata.test_cve_check_ignore.fail
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3574463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMetadata.test_cve_check_ignore.fail
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From c4ca86b9cca3643097db0328e2f34dccffbba309 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Simone=20Wei=C3=9F?= <simone.p.weiss@posteo.com>
+Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:18:44 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] selftest-hello: add CVE_CHECK_IGNORE
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+This should fail the test_cve_tag_format selftest.
+
+Signed-off-by: Simone Weiß <simone.p.weiss@posteo.com>
+---
+ .../recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb          | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
+index 547587bef4..3ef9b87c34 100644
+--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
++++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
+@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ do_install() {
+ 	install -m 0755 helloworld ${D}${bindir}
+ }
+ 
+-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+\ No newline at end of file
++CVE_CHECK_IGNORE = "CVE-2024-12345"
++BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+-- 
+2.39.2
+
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMetadata.test_cve_check_ignore.pass b/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMetadata.test_cve_check_ignore.pass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10f942a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMetadata.test_cve_check_ignore.pass
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 7d4d3fee0c7111830ee9b2b049ae3ce265b26030 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Simone=20Wei=C3=9F?= <simone.p.weiss@posteo.com>
+Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:23:56 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] selftest-hello: add CVE_STATUS
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+This should pass the test_cve_tag_format selftest.
+
+Signed-off-by: Simone Weiß <simone.p.weiss@posteo.com>
+---
+ .../recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb         | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
+index 547587bef4..9908b3b417 100644
+--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
++++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
+@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ do_install() {
+ 	install -m 0755 helloworld ${D}${bindir}
+ }
+ 
+-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+\ No newline at end of file
++CVE_STATUS[CVE-2024-12345] = "not-applicable-platform: Issue only applies on Windows"
++
++BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+-- 
+2.39.2
+
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/base.py b/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/base.py
index aecbbc4..424e61b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/base.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/base.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 class Base(unittest.TestCase):
     # if unit test fails, fail message will throw at least the following JSON: {"id": <testid>}
 
-    endcommit_messages_regex = re.compile('\(From \w+-\w+ rev:|(?<!\S)Signed-off-by|(?<!\S)---\n')
-    patchmetadata_regex   = re.compile('-{3} \S+|\+{3} \S+|@{2} -\d+,\d+ \+\d+,\d+ @{2} \S+')
+    endcommit_messages_regex = re.compile(r'\(From \w+-\w+ rev:|(?<!\S)Signed-off-by|(?<!\S)---\n')
+    patchmetadata_regex   = re.compile(r'-{3} \S+|\+{3} \S+|@{2} -\d+,\d+ \+\d+,\d+ @{2} \S+')
 
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/utils.py b/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/utils.py
index a4a523b..dd0abc2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/utils.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/patchtest/utils.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     if len(mbox):
         subject = mbox[0]['subject']
         if subject:
-            pattern = re.compile("(\[.*\])", re.DOTALL)
+            pattern = re.compile(r"(\[.*\])", re.DOTALL)
             match = pattern.search(subject)
             if match:
                 prefix = match.group(1)
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@
     invalid  = lbranch.startswith('patch') or \
                lbranch.startswith('rfc') or \
                lbranch.startswith('resend') or \
-               re.search('^v\d+', lbranch) or \
-               re.search('^\d+/\d+', lbranch)
+               re.search(r'^v\d+', lbranch) or \
+               re.search(r'^\d+/\d+', lbranch)
 
     return not invalid