diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygments/CVE-2022-40896.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygments/CVE-2022-40896.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9848072a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygments/CVE-2022-40896.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+From ed61747f328ff6aa343881b269600308ab8eac93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Narpat Mali <narpat.mali@windriver.com>
+Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 10:32:38 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Improve the Smithy metadata matcher.
+
+Previously, metadata foo bar baz = 23 was accepted, but according to
+the definition https://smithy.io/2.0/spec/idl.html#grammar-token-smithy-MetadataSection
+it should be "metadata"<whitespace>Identifier/String<optional whitespace>.
+
+CVE: CVE-2022-40896
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/pygments/pygments/commit/dd52102c38ebe78cd57748e09f38929fd283ad04]
+
+Signed-off-by: Narpat Mali <narpat.mali@windriver.com>
+---
+ pygments/lexers/smithy.py                    |  5 +-
+ tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy        | 12 +++++
+ tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy.output | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/pygments/lexers/smithy.py b/pygments/lexers/smithy.py
+index 0f0a912..c5e25cd 100644
+--- a/pygments/lexers/smithy.py
++++ b/pygments/lexers/smithy.py
+@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ class SmithyLexer(RegexLexer):
+             (words(aggregate_shapes,
+                    prefix=r'^', suffix=r'(\s+' + identifier + r')'),
+                 bygroups(Keyword.Declaration, Name.Class)),
+-            (r'^(metadata)(\s+.+)(\s*)(=)',
+-                bygroups(Keyword.Declaration, Name.Class, Whitespace, Name.Decorator)),
++            (r'^(metadata)(\s+)((?:\S+)|(?:\"[^"]+\"))(\s*)(=)',
++                bygroups(Keyword.Declaration, Whitespace, Name.Class,
++                         Whitespace, Name.Decorator)),
+             (r"(true|false|null)", Keyword.Constant),
+             (r"(-?(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?)", Number),
+             (identifier + ":", Name.Label),
+diff --git a/tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy b/tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy
+index 3d20f06..9317fee 100644
+--- a/tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy
++++ b/tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy
+@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ $version: "1.0"
+
+ namespace test
+
++metadata "foo" = ["bar", "baz"]
++metadata validators = [
++    {
++        name: "ValidatorName"
++        id: "ValidatorId"
++        message: "Some string"
++        configuration: {
++            selector: "operation"
++        }
++    }
++]
++
+ /// Define how an HTTP request is serialized given a specific protocol,
+ /// authentication scheme, and set of input parameters.
+ @trait(selector: "operation")
+diff --git a/tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy.output b/tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy.output
+index 1f22489..db44a38 100644
+--- a/tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy.output
++++ b/tests/examplefiles/smithy/test.smithy.output
+@@ -7,6 +7,58 @@
+ ' test'       Name.Class
+ '\n\n'        Text.Whitespace
+
++'metadata'    Keyword.Declaration
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'"foo"'       Name.Class
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'='           Name.Decorator
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'['           Text
++'"bar"'       Literal.String.Double
++','           Punctuation
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'"baz"'       Literal.String.Double
++']'           Text
++'\n'          Text.Whitespace
++
++'metadata'    Keyword.Declaration
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'validators'  Name.Class
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'='           Name.Decorator
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'['           Text
++'\n    '      Text.Whitespace
++'{'           Text
++'\n        '  Text.Whitespace
++'name:'       Name.Label
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'"ValidatorName"' Literal.String.Double
++'\n        '  Text.Whitespace
++'id:'         Name.Label
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'"ValidatorId"' Literal.String.Double
++'\n        '  Text.Whitespace
++'message:'    Name.Label
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'"Some string"' Literal.String.Double
++'\n        '  Text.Whitespace
++'configuration:' Name.Label
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'{'           Text
++'\n            ' Text.Whitespace
++'selector:'   Name.Label
++' '           Text.Whitespace
++'"operation"' Literal.String.Double
++'\n        '  Text.Whitespace
++'}'           Text
++'\n    '      Text.Whitespace
++'}'           Text
++'\n'          Text.Whitespace
++
++']'           Text
++'\n\n'        Text.Whitespace
++
+ '/// Define how an HTTP request is serialized given a specific protocol,' Comment.Multiline
+ '\n'          Text.Whitespace
+
+--
+2.40.0
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygments_2.11.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygments_2.11.2.bb
index 35d288c89e..6e787f23d2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygments_2.11.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygments_2.11.2.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=98419e351433ac106a24e3ad435930bc"
 inherit setuptools3
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4e426f72023d88d03b2fa258de560726ce890ff3b630f88c21cbb8b2503b8c6a"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://CVE-2022-40896.patch"
+
 DEPENDS += "\
             ${PYTHON_PN} \
             "