diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 551a880855..39a2936583 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Bug Fixes:
 - Fix Windows backslash handling in token splitting to preserve trailing backslashes before whitespace. This caused "Compile Active File" with MSVC + Ninja Multi-Config to merge adjacent flags (e.g., `/Fd<dir>\ /FS`) into a single malformed argument. [#4902](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/issues/4902)
 - Fix kit detection returning "unknown vendor" when using clang-cl compiler. [#4638](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/issues/4638)
 - Update testing framework to fix bugs when running tests of CMake Tools without a reliable internet connection. [#4891](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/pull/4891) [@cwalther](https://github.com/cwalther)
+- Fix GNU LD diagnostic regex incorrectly matching CMake status lines (e.g., Zephyr build output) as linker errors in the Problems panel. [#4910](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/issues/4910)
 - Fix “Make it easier for a new developer of CMake Tools to run tests” on Windows. [#4932](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/pull/4932) [@cwalther](https://github.com/cwalther)
 
 ## 1.23.52
diff --git a/src/diagnostics/gnu-ld.ts b/src/diagnostics/gnu-ld.ts
index 3cc896aa13..8f6068a993 100644
--- a/src/diagnostics/gnu-ld.ts
+++ b/src/diagnostics/gnu-ld.ts
@@ -9,23 +9,23 @@ import { oneLess, RawDiagnostic, RawDiagnosticParser, RawRelated, FeedLineResult
 // Patterns to identify and capture GNU linker diagnostic messages
 const regexPatterns: RegexPattern[] = [
     {   // path/to/ld[.exe]:[ ]path/to/file:line: severity: message
-        regexPattern: /^(?:.*ld(?:\.exe)?:)(?:\s*)?(.+):(\d+):\s+(?:fatal )?(\w+):\s+(.+)/,
+        regexPattern: /^(?:(?:.*[/\\])?ld(?:\.exe)?:)(?:\s*)?(.+):(\d+):\s+(?:fatal )?(\w+):\s+(.+)/,
         matchTypes: [MatchType.Full, MatchType.File, MatchType.Line, MatchType.Severity, MatchType.Message]
     },
     {   // path/to/ld[.exe]:[ ]path/to/file.obj:path/to/file:line: message
-        regexPattern: /^(?:.*ld(?:\.exe)?\:)(?:\s*)(?:.+?\.obj:)(.+?):(\d+):\s+(.+)/,
+        regexPattern: /^(?:(?:.*[/\\])?ld(?:\.exe)?\:)(?:\s*)(?:.+?\.obj:)(.+?):(\d+):\s+(.+)/,
         matchTypes: [MatchType.Full, MatchType.File, MatchType.Line, MatchType.Message]
     },
     {   // path/to/ld[.exe]:[ ]path/to/file:line: message
-        regexPattern: /^(?:.*ld(?:\.exe)?\:)(?:\s*)?(.+):(\d+):\s+(.+)/,
+        regexPattern: /^(?:(?:.*[/\\])?ld(?:\.exe)?\:)(?:\s*)?(.+):(\d+):\s+(.+)/,
         matchTypes: [MatchType.Full, MatchType.File, MatchType.Line, MatchType.Message]
     },
     {   // path/to/ld[.exe]: severity: message
-        regexPattern: /^(.*ld(?:\.exe)?):\s+(?:fatal )?(\w+):\s+(.+)/,
+        regexPattern: /^((?:.*[/\\])?ld(?:\.exe)?):\s+(?:fatal )?(\w+):\s+(.+)/,
         matchTypes: [MatchType.Full, MatchType.File, MatchType.Severity, MatchType.Message]
     },
     {   // path/to/ld[.exe]: message (without trailing colon)
-        regexPattern: /^(.*ld(?:\.exe)?):\s+(.+)(?<!:)\s*$/,
+        regexPattern: /^((?:.*[/\\])?ld(?:\.exe)?):\s+(.+)(?<!:)\s*$/,
         matchTypes: [MatchType.Full, MatchType.File, MatchType.Message]
     },
     {   // path/to/file:line: message (with neither "[fatal] severity:" nor trailing colon nor leading "make: *** [" nor leading "make[line]: *** [")
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/diagnostics.test.ts b/test/unit-tests/diagnostics.test.ts
index 4b68aea078..001b27a3fd 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/diagnostics.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit-tests/diagnostics.test.ts
@@ -633,6 +633,18 @@ suite('Diagnostics', () => {
         expect(build_consumer.compilers.gnuld.diagnostics).to.have.length(0);
         expect(build_consumer.compilers.gnuld.diagnostics).to.have.length(0);
     });
+    test('No linker error on Zephyr build status line "-- Zephyr version: ..." (issue #4910)', () => {
+        const lines = ['-- Zephyr version: 4.3.0 (/path/to/zephyr), build: v4.3.0'];
+        feedLines(build_consumer, [], lines);
+        expect(build_consumer.compilers.gnuld.diagnostics).to.have.length(0);
+        expect(build_consumer.compilers.gcc.diagnostics).to.have.length(0);
+    });
+    test('No linker error on generic CMake status lines containing "build:" (issue #4910)', () => {
+        const lines = ['-- Some tool version: 1.0 (/path/to/tool), build: v1.0'];
+        feedLines(build_consumer, [], lines);
+        expect(build_consumer.compilers.gnuld.diagnostics).to.have.length(0);
+        expect(build_consumer.compilers.gcc.diagnostics).to.have.length(0);
+    });
     test('Parsing GHS Diagnostics', () => {
         const lines = [
             '"C:\\path\\source\\debug\\debug.c", line 631 (col. 3): warning #68-D: integer conversion resulted in a change of sign'