diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
index 87870e4..df8d4d2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/apple/cups/releases"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "cups-(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)-source.tar"
 
+# This is an Ubuntu only issue.
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2018-6553"
+
 LEAD_SONAME = "libcupsdriver.so"
 
 CLEANBROKEN = "1"