diff --git a/package/emlog/emlog.mk b/package/emlog/emlog.mk
index 8759f82c7c..7d63916ab2 100644
--- a/package/emlog/emlog.mk
+++ b/package/emlog/emlog.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ EMLOG_SITE = $(call github,nicupavel,emlog,emlog-$(EMLOG_VERSION))
 EMLOG_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 EMLOG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+# CVE-2019-16868 and CVE-2019-17073 are misclassified (by our CVE tracker) as
+# affecting emlog, while in fact it affects http://www.emlog.net.
+EMLOG_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2019-16868 CVE-2019-17073
+
 define EMLOG_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) nbcat
 endef