diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityFilter.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityFilter.java
index 642679a8fd..a887b3d9ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityFilter.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilter;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilterChain;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionRequestMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.action.update.UpdateRequest;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -158,12 +159,13 @@ public <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void app
         Task task,
         final String action,
         Request request,
+        ActionRequestMetadata<Request, Response> actionRequestMetadata,
         ActionListener<Response> listener,
         ActionFilterChain<Request, Response> chain
     ) {
         try (StoredContext ctx = threadContext.newStoredContext(true)) {
             org.apache.logging.log4j.ThreadContext.clearAll();
-            apply0(task, action, request, listener, chain);
+            apply0(task, action, request, actionRequestMetadata, listener, chain);
         }
     }
 
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ private <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void ap
         Task task,
         final String action,
         Request request,
+        ActionRequestMetadata<Request, Response> actionRequestMetadata,
         ActionListener<Response> listener,
         ActionFilterChain<Request, Response> chain
     ) {
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ private <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void ap
                 log.trace("Evaluate permissions for user: {}", user.getName());
             }
 
-            PrivilegesEvaluationContext context = eval.createContext(user, action, request, task, injectedRoles);
+            PrivilegesEvaluationContext context = eval.createContext(user, action, request, actionRequestMetadata, task, injectedRoles);
             PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse pres = eval.evaluate(context);
 
             if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluationContext.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluationContext.java
index f7e5d6de7d..5d91d04d3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluationContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluationContext.java
@@ -12,14 +12,17 @@
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionRequestMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexAbstraction;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.ResolvedIndices;
 import org.opensearch.security.resolver.IndexResolverReplacer;
 import org.opensearch.security.support.WildcardMatcher;
 import org.opensearch.security.user.User;
@@ -38,13 +41,14 @@ public class PrivilegesEvaluationContext {
     private final User user;
     private final String action;
     private final ActionRequest request;
-    private IndexResolverReplacer.Resolved resolvedRequest;
+    private ResolvedIndices resolvedIndices;
     private Map<String, IndexAbstraction> indicesLookup;
     private final Task task;
     private ImmutableSet<String> mappedRoles;
     private final IndexResolverReplacer indexResolverReplacer;
     private final IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver;
     private final Supplier<ClusterState> clusterStateSupplier;
+    private final ActionRequestMetadata<?, ?> actionRequestMetadata;
 
     /**
      * This caches the ready to use WildcardMatcher instances for the current request. Many index patterns have
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluationContext(
         ImmutableSet<String> mappedRoles,
         String action,
         ActionRequest request,
+        ActionRequestMetadata<?, ?> actionRequestMetadata,
         Task task,
         IndexResolverReplacer indexResolverReplacer,
         IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver,
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluationContext(
         this.indexResolverReplacer = indexResolverReplacer;
         this.indexNameExpressionResolver = indexNameExpressionResolver;
         this.task = task;
+        this.actionRequestMetadata = actionRequestMetadata;
     }
 
     public User getUser() {
@@ -110,12 +116,21 @@ public ActionRequest getRequest() {
         return request;
     }
 
-    public IndexResolverReplacer.Resolved getResolvedRequest() {
-        IndexResolverReplacer.Resolved result = this.resolvedRequest;
+    public ResolvedIndices getResolvedRequest() {
+        if (PrivilegesEvaluator.isClusterPerm(action)) {
+            return ResolvedIndices.all();
+        }
+
+        ResolvedIndices result = this.resolvedIndices;
 
         if (result == null) {
-            result = indexResolverReplacer.resolveRequest(request);
-            this.resolvedRequest = result;
+            Optional<ResolvedIndices> providedIndices = this.actionRequestMetadata.resolvedIndices();
+            if (providedIndices.isPresent()) {
+                result = this.resolvedIndices = providedIndices.get();
+            } else {
+                // The action does not implement the resolution mechanism; we have to do it by ourselves
+                // TODO
+            }
         }
 
         return result;
@@ -166,8 +181,8 @@ public String toString() {
             + '\''
             + ", request="
             + request
-            + ", resolvedRequest="
-            + resolvedRequest
+            + ", resolvedIndices="
+            + resolvedIndices
             + ", mappedRoles="
             + mappedRoles
             + '}';
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
index d0d8408f28..9b03d662f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchScrollAction;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionRequestMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.opensearch.action.termvectors.MultiTermVectorsAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.update.UpdateAction;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.ResolvedIndices;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
@@ -296,13 +298,14 @@ private void setUserInfoInThreadContext(User user, Set<String> mappedRoles) {
     }
 
     public PrivilegesEvaluationContext createContext(User user, String action) {
-        return createContext(user, action, null, null, null);
+        return createContext(user, action, null, ActionRequestMetadata.empty(), null, null);
     }
 
     public PrivilegesEvaluationContext createContext(
         User user,
         String action0,
         ActionRequest request,
+        ActionRequestMetadata<?, ?> actionRequestMetadata,
         Task task,
         Set<String> injectedRoles
     ) {
@@ -313,7 +316,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluationContext createContext(
         TransportAddress caller = threadContext.getTransient(ConfigConstants.OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_REMOTE_ADDRESS);
         ImmutableSet<String> mappedRoles = ImmutableSet.copyOf((injectedRoles == null) ? mapRoles(user, caller) : injectedRoles);
 
-        return new PrivilegesEvaluationContext(user, mappedRoles, action0, request, task, irr, resolver, clusterStateSupplier);
+        return new PrivilegesEvaluationContext(user, mappedRoles, action0, request, actionRequestMetadata, task, irr, resolver, clusterStateSupplier);
     }
 
     public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context) {
@@ -393,10 +396,10 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
             return presponse;
         }
 
-        final Resolved requestedResolved = context.getResolvedRequest();
+        ResolvedIndices resolvedIndices = context.getResolvedRequest();
 
         if (isDebugEnabled) {
-            log.debug("RequestedResolved : {}", requestedResolved);
+            log.debug("RequestedResolved : {}", resolvedIndices);
         }
 
         // check snapshot/restore requests
@@ -405,13 +408,13 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
         }
 
         // Security index access
-        if (systemIndexAccessEvaluator.evaluate(request, task, action0, requestedResolved, presponse, context, actionPrivileges, user)
+        if (systemIndexAccessEvaluator.evaluate(request, task, action0, resolvedIndices, presponse, context, actionPrivileges, user)
             .isComplete()) {
             return presponse;
         }
 
         // Protected index access
-        if (protectedIndexAccessEvaluator.evaluate(request, task, action0, requestedResolved, presponse, mappedRoles).isComplete()) {
+        if (protectedIndexAccessEvaluator.evaluate(request, task, action0, resolvedIndices, presponse, mappedRoles).isComplete()) {
             return presponse;
         }
 
@@ -440,7 +443,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
                 log.info(
                     "No cluster-level perm match for {} {} [Action [{}]] [RolesChecked {}]. No permissions for {}",
                     user,
-                    requestedResolved,
+                        resolvedIndices,
                     action0,
                     mappedRoles,
                     presponse.getMissingPrivileges()
@@ -460,7 +463,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
                             action0,
                             user,
                             dcm,
-                            requestedResolved,
+                                resolvedIndices,
                             context,
                             this.tenantPrivileges.get()
                         );
@@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
         }
 
         // term aggregations
-        if (termsAggregationEvaluator.evaluate(requestedResolved, request, context, actionPrivileges, presponse).isComplete()) {
+        if (termsAggregationEvaluator.evaluate(resolvedIndices, request, context, actionPrivileges, presponse).isComplete()) {
             return presponse;
         }
 
@@ -510,7 +513,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
         }
 
         if (isDebugEnabled) {
-            log.debug("Requested resolved index types: {}", requestedResolved);
+            log.debug("Requested resolved index types: {}", resolvedIndices);
             log.debug("Security roles: {}", mappedRoles);
         }
 
@@ -523,7 +526,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
                 action0,
                 user,
                 dcm,
-                requestedResolved,
+                    resolvedIndices,
                 context,
                 this.tenantPrivileges.get()
             );
@@ -546,7 +549,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
 
         boolean dnfofPossible = dnfofEnabled && DNFOF_MATCHER.test(action0);
 
-        presponse = actionPrivileges.hasIndexPrivilege(context, allIndexPermsRequired, requestedResolved);
+        presponse = actionPrivileges.hasIndexPrivilege(context, allIndexPermsRequired, resolvedIndices);
 
         if (presponse.isPartiallyOk()) {
             if (dnfofPossible) {
@@ -571,7 +574,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
         }
 
         if (presponse.isAllowed()) {
-            if (checkFilteredAliases(requestedResolved, action0, isDebugEnabled)) {
+            if (checkFilteredAliases(resolvedIndices, action0, isDebugEnabled)) {
                 presponse.allowed = false;
                 return presponse;
             }
@@ -584,7 +587,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
                 "No {}-level perm match for {} {}: {} [Action [{}]] [RolesChecked {}]",
                 "index",
                 user,
-                requestedResolved,
+                    resolvedIndices,
                 presponse.getReason(),
                 action0,
                 mappedRoles