diff --git a/packages/kbn-content-management-utils/index.ts b/packages/kbn-content-management-utils/index.ts
index fa5b1780bac20..ea5bda32c98a9 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-content-management-utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-content-management-utils/index.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ export * from './src/types';
 export * from './src/schema';
 export * from './src/saved_object_content_storage';
 export * from './src/utils';
+export * from './src/msearch';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-content-management-utils/src/msearch.ts b/packages/kbn-content-management-utils/src/msearch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8b22d993374e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-content-management-utils/src/msearch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import Boom from '@hapi/boom';
+import { pick } from 'lodash';
+
+import type { StorageContext } from '@kbn/content-management-plugin/server';
+
+import type {
+  SavedObjectsFindResult,
+  SavedObject,
+  SavedObjectReference,
+} from '@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server';
+
+import type { ServicesDefinitionSet, SOWithMetadata, SOWithMetadataPartial } from './types';
+
+type PartialSavedObject<T> = Omit<SavedObject<Partial<T>>, 'references'> & {
+  references: SavedObjectReference[] | undefined;
+};
+
+interface GetMSearchParams {
+  savedObjectType: string;
+  cmServicesDefinition: ServicesDefinitionSet;
+  allowedSavedObjectAttributes: string[];
+}
+
+function savedObjectToItem<Attributes extends object>(
+  savedObject: SavedObject<Attributes> | PartialSavedObject<Attributes>,
+  allowedSavedObjectAttributes: string[]
+): SOWithMetadata | SOWithMetadataPartial {
+  const {
+    id,
+    type,
+    updated_at: updatedAt,
+    created_at: createdAt,
+    attributes,
+    references,
+    error,
+    namespaces,
+    version,
+  } = savedObject;
+
+  return {
+    id,
+    type,
+    updatedAt,
+    createdAt,
+    attributes: pick(attributes, allowedSavedObjectAttributes),
+    references,
+    error,
+    namespaces,
+    version,
+  };
+}
+
+export interface GetMSearchType<ReturnItem> {
+  savedObjectType: string;
+  toItemResult: (ctx: StorageContext, savedObject: SavedObjectsFindResult) => ReturnItem;
+}
+
+export const getMSearch = <ReturnItem, SOAttributes extends object>({
+  savedObjectType,
+  cmServicesDefinition,
+  allowedSavedObjectAttributes,
+}: GetMSearchParams) => {
+  return {
+    savedObjectType,
+    toItemResult: (ctx: StorageContext, savedObject: SavedObjectsFindResult): ReturnItem => {
+      const transforms = ctx.utils.getTransforms(cmServicesDefinition);
+
+      // Validate DB response and DOWN transform to the request version
+      const { value, error: resultError } = transforms.mSearch.out.result.down<
+        ReturnItem,
+        ReturnItem
+      >(
+        // Ran into a case where a schema was broken by a SO attribute that wasn't part of the definition
+        // so we specify which attributes are allowed
+        savedObjectToItem<SOAttributes>(
+          savedObject as SavedObjectsFindResult<SOAttributes>,
+          allowedSavedObjectAttributes
+        )
+      );
+
+      if (resultError) {
+        throw Boom.badRequest(`Invalid response. ${resultError.message}`);
+      }
+
+      return value;
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/event_annotation/server/content_management/event_annotation_group_storage.ts b/src/plugins/event_annotation/server/content_management/event_annotation_group_storage.ts
index 890b9f9d5bec6..f71e9cd72b43b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/event_annotation/server/content_management/event_annotation_group_storage.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/event_annotation/server/content_management/event_annotation_group_storage.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import type {
   SavedObjectsFindOptions,
 } from '@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server';
 
+import { getMSearch, type GetMSearchType } from '@kbn/content-management-utils';
+
 import { EVENT_ANNOTATION_GROUP_TYPE } from '@kbn/event-annotation-common';
 import { cmServicesDefinition } from '../../common/content_management/cm_services';
 import type {
@@ -96,7 +98,20 @@ export class EventAnnotationGroupStorage
   implements
     ContentStorage<EventAnnotationGroupSavedObject, PartialEventAnnotationGroupSavedObject>
 {
-  constructor() {}
+  mSearch: GetMSearchType<EventAnnotationGroupSavedObject>;
+  constructor() {
+    this.mSearch = getMSearch<EventAnnotationGroupSavedObject, EventAnnotationGroupSearchOut>({
+      savedObjectType: SO_TYPE,
+      cmServicesDefinition,
+      allowedSavedObjectAttributes: [
+        'title',
+        'description',
+        'ignoreGlobalFilters',
+        'annotations',
+        'dataViewSpec',
+      ],
+    });
+  }
 
   async get(ctx: StorageContext, id: string): Promise<EventAnnotationGroupGetOut> {
     const {
diff --git a/src/plugins/event_annotation/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/event_annotation/tsconfig.json
index e65a50d3f75e2..a14cebb9541e6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/event_annotation/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/event_annotation/tsconfig.json
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     "@kbn/core-lifecycle-browser",
     "@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin",
     "@kbn/dom-drag-drop",
-    "@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin"
+    "@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin",
+    "@kbn/content-management-utils"
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/content_management/visualization_storage.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/content_management/visualization_storage.ts
index ef2b1181080a4..5b5e99a7132aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/content_management/visualization_storage.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/content_management/visualization_storage.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import type {
   SavedObjectsFindOptions,
 } from '@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server';
 
+import { getMSearch, type GetMSearchType } from '@kbn/content-management-utils';
+
 import { CONTENT_ID } from '../../common/content_management';
 import { cmServicesDefinition } from '../../common/content_management/cm_services';
 import type {
@@ -103,7 +105,23 @@ const SO_TYPE: VisualizationContentType = 'visualization';
 export class VisualizationsStorage
   implements ContentStorage<VisualizationSavedObject, PartialVisualizationSavedObject>
 {
-  constructor() {}
+  mSearch: GetMSearchType<VisualizationSavedObject>;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.mSearch = getMSearch<VisualizationSavedObject, VisualizationSearchOut>({
+      savedObjectType: SO_TYPE,
+      cmServicesDefinition,
+      allowedSavedObjectAttributes: [
+        'title',
+        'description',
+        'version',
+        'kibanaSavedObjectMeta',
+        'uiStateJSON',
+        'visState',
+        'savedSearchRefName',
+      ],
+    });
+  }
 
   async get(ctx: StorageContext, id: string): Promise<VisualizationGetOut> {
     const {
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/visualizations/tsconfig.json
index 65e1053e4f7e1..4df8ede52adcb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/tsconfig.json
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
     "@kbn/core-saved-objects-utils-server",
     "@kbn/content-management-table-list-view-table",
     "@kbn/content-management-tabbed-table-list-view",
-    "@kbn/content-management-table-list-view"
+    "@kbn/content-management-table-list-view",
+    "@kbn/content-management-utils"
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/content_management/lens_storage.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/content_management/lens_storage.ts
index 0de3fc38d8a07..c394508a0d476 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/content_management/lens_storage.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/server/content_management/lens_storage.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import type {
   SavedObjectsFindOptions,
 } from '@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server';
 
+import { getMSearch, type GetMSearchType } from '@kbn/content-management-utils';
+
 import { CONTENT_ID } from '../../common/content_management';
 import { cmServicesDefinition } from '../../common/content_management/cm_services';
 import type {
@@ -91,7 +93,14 @@ function savedObjectToLensSavedObject(
 const SO_TYPE: LensContentType = 'lens';
 
 export class LensStorage implements ContentStorage<LensSavedObject, PartialLensSavedObject> {
-  constructor() {}
+  mSearch: GetMSearchType<LensSavedObject>;
+  constructor() {
+    this.mSearch = getMSearch<LensSavedObject, LensSearchOut>({
+      savedObjectType: SO_TYPE,
+      cmServicesDefinition,
+      allowedSavedObjectAttributes: ['title', 'description', 'visualizationType', 'state'],
+    });
+  }
 
   async get(ctx: StorageContext, id: string): Promise<LensGetOut> {
     const {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/lens/tsconfig.json
index 541f3e98277b9..23dfd600e2048 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/tsconfig.json
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
     "@kbn/core-overlays-browser-mocks",
     "@kbn/core-theme-browser-mocks",
     "@kbn/event-annotation-components",
+    "@kbn/content-management-utils",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",