diff --git a/.ci/scripts/vuln-check.sh b/.ci/scripts/vuln-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4c4e1d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/scripts/vuln-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Define the file to store the list of vulnerabilities to ignore.
+IGNORE_FILE=".vulnignore"
+
+# Check if the ignored vulnerabilities file exists. If not, create an empty one.
+if [ ! -f "$IGNORE_FILE" ]; then
+    touch "$IGNORE_FILE"
+    echo "Created an empty file to store ignored vulnerabilities: $IGNORE_FILE"
+    echo "# Add vulnerability IDs (e.g., GO-2022-0450) to ignore, one per line." >> "$IGNORE_FILE"
+    echo "# You can also add comments on the same line after the ID." >> "$IGNORE_FILE"
+    echo "" >> "$IGNORE_FILE"
+fi
+
+# Run govulncheck and capture its output.
+VULN_OUTPUT=$(go run -mod=readonly golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest ./... || true)
+
+# Print the govuln output
+echo "====================================="
+echo "Full Output of govulncheck:"
+echo "====================================="
+echo "$VULN_OUTPUT"
+echo "====================================="
+echo "End of govulncheck Output"
+echo "====================================="
+
+# Process the ignore file to remove comments and empty lines.
+# The 'cut' command gets the vulnerability ID and removes anything after the '#'.
+# The 'grep' command filters out empty lines and lines starting with '#'.
+CLEAN_IGNORES=$(grep -v '^\s*#' "$IGNORE_FILE" | cut -d'#' -f1 | sed 's/ //g' | sort -u || true)
+
+# Filter out the ignored vulnerabilities.
+UNIGNORED_VULNS=$(echo "$VULN_OUTPUT" | grep 'Vulnerability')
+
+# If the list of ignored vulnerabilities is not empty, filter them out.
+if [ -n "$CLEAN_IGNORES" ]; then
+    UNIGNORED_VULNS=$(echo "$UNIGNORED_VULNS" | grep -vFf <(echo "$CLEAN_IGNORES") || true)
+fi
+
+# If there are any vulnerabilities that were not in our ignore list, print them and exit with an error.
+if [ -n "$UNIGNORED_VULNS" ]; then
+    echo "🚨 Found new, unignored vulnerabilities:"
+    echo "-------------------------------------"
+    echo "$UNIGNORED_VULNS"
+    echo "-------------------------------------"
+    echo "Exiting with an error. ❌"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "🎉 No new vulnerabilities found. All clear! ✨"
+    exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/.vulnignore b/.vulnignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f95addd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vulnignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Add vulnerability IDs (e.g., GO-2022-0450) to ignore, one per line.
+# You can also add comments on the same line after the ID.
+GO-2025-3942 # Ignore core-dns vulnerability since we will be removing the proxy-dns feature in the near future
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96271ae7..69e6c809 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ clean:
 
 .PHONY: vulncheck
 vulncheck:
-	@go run -mod=readonly golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest ./...
+	@./.ci/scripts/vuln-check.sh
 
 .PHONY: cloudflared
 cloudflared: