diff --git a/cnf-certification-test/performance/suite.go b/cnf-certification-test/performance/suite.go
index f5659754f..fad47e3d1 100644
--- a/cnf-certification-test/performance/suite.go
+++ b/cnf-certification-test/performance/suite.go
@@ -233,6 +233,30 @@ func testSchedulingPolicyInCPUPool(env *provider.TestEnvironment,
 	testhelper.AddTestResultReason(compliantContainersPids, nonCompliantContainersPids, tnf.ClaimFilePrintf, ginkgo.Fail)
 }
 
+func getExecProbesCmds(c *provider.Container) map[string]bool {
+	cmds := map[string]bool{}
+
+	if c.LivenessProbe != nil && c.LivenessProbe.Exec != nil {
+		cmd := strings.Join(c.LivenessProbe.Exec.Command, "")
+		cmd = strings.Join(strings.Fields(cmd), "")
+		cmds[cmd] = true
+	}
+
+	if c.ReadinessProbe != nil && c.ReadinessProbe.Exec != nil {
+		cmd := strings.Join(c.ReadinessProbe.Exec.Command, "")
+		cmd = strings.Join(strings.Fields(cmd), "")
+		cmds[cmd] = true
+	}
+
+	if c.StartupProbe != nil && c.StartupProbe.Exec != nil {
+		cmd := strings.Join(c.StartupProbe.Exec.Command, "")
+		cmd = strings.Join(strings.Fields(cmd), "")
+		cmds[cmd] = true
+	}
+
+	return cmds
+}
+
 const noProcessFoundErrMsg = "No such process"
 
 func testRtAppsNoExecProbes(env *provider.TestEnvironment, cuts []*provider.Container) {
@@ -251,8 +275,10 @@ func testRtAppsNoExecProbes(env *provider.TestEnvironment, cuts []*provider.Cont
 			break
 		}
 
+		notExecProbeProcesses, compliantObjectsProbes := filterProbeProcesses(processes, cut)
+		compliantObjects = append(compliantObjects, compliantObjectsProbes...)
 		allProcessesCompliant := true
-		for _, p := range processes {
+		for _, p := range notExecProbeProcesses {
 			schedPolicy, _, err := scheduling.GetProcessCPUScheduling(p.Pid, cut)
 			if err != nil {
 				// If the process does not exist anymore it means that it has finished since the time the process list
@@ -284,3 +310,28 @@ func testRtAppsNoExecProbes(env *provider.TestEnvironment, cuts []*provider.Cont
 	}
 	testhelper.AddTestResultReason(compliantObjects, nonCompliantObjects, tnf.ClaimFilePrintf, ginkgo.Fail)
 }
+
+func filterProbeProcesses(allProcesses []*crclient.Process, cut *provider.Container) (notExecProbeProcesses []*crclient.Process, compliantObjects []*testhelper.ReportObject) {
+	execProbeProcesses := []int{}
+	execProbesCmds := getExecProbesCmds(cut)
+	// find all exec probes by matching command line
+	for _, p := range allProcesses {
+		if execProbesCmds[strings.Join(strings.Fields(p.Args), "")] {
+			compliantObjects = append(compliantObjects, testhelper.NewContainerReportObject(cut.Namespace, cut.Podname, cut.Name, "Container process belongs to an exec probe (skipping verification)", true).
+				AddField(testhelper.ProcessID, strconv.Itoa(p.Pid)).
+				AddField(testhelper.ProcessCommandLine, p.Args))
+			execProbeProcesses = append(execProbeProcesses, p.Pid)
+		}
+	}
+	// remove all exec probes and their children from the process list
+	for _, p := range allProcesses {
+		for _, parentProbePid := range execProbeProcesses {
+			if p.Pid == parentProbePid || p.PPid == parentProbePid {
+				// skip exec probe processes (child or parent)
+				continue
+			}
+			notExecProbeProcesses = append(notExecProbeProcesses, p)
+		}
+	}
+	return notExecProbeProcesses, compliantObjects
+}
diff --git a/internal/crclient/crclient.go b/internal/crclient/crclient.go
index 030e6efd1..a8691adab 100644
--- a/internal/crclient/crclient.go
+++ b/internal/crclient/crclient.go
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/test-network-function/cnf-certification-test/pkg/provider"
 )
 
-const PsRegex = `(?m)^(\d+?)\s+?(\d+?)\s+?(.*?)$`
+const PsRegex = `(?m)^(\d+?)\s+?(\d+?)\s+?(\d+?)\s+?(.*?)$`
 
 type Process struct {
-	PidNs, Pid int
-	Args       string
+	PidNs, Pid, PPid int
+	Args             string
 }
 
 const (
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func ExecCommandContainerNSEnter(command string,
 }
 
 func GetPidsFromPidNamespace(pidNamespace string, container *provider.Container) (p []*Process, err error) {
-	const command = "trap \"\" SIGURG ; ps -e -o pidns,pid,args"
+	const command = "trap \"\" SIGURG ; ps -e -o pidns,pid,ppid,args"
 	env := provider.GetTestEnvironment()
 	ctx, err := GetNodeDebugPodContext(container.NodeName, &env)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -170,7 +170,12 @@ func GetPidsFromPidNamespace(pidNamespace string, container *provider.Container)
 			logrus.Errorf("could not convert string %s to integer, err=%s", v[2], err)
 			continue
 		}
-		p = append(p, &Process{PidNs: aPidNs, Pid: aPid, Args: v[3]})
+		aPPid, err := strconv.Atoi(v[3])
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorf("could not convert string %s to integer, err=%s", v[3], err)
+			continue
+		}
+		p = append(p, &Process{PidNs: aPidNs, Pid: aPid, Args: v[4], PPid: aPPid})
 	}
 	return p, nil
 }