diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/filter_utils.test.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/filter_utils.test.ts
index 956a60b23809..2ef5219ccfff 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/filter_utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/filter_utils.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
+import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 // @ts-expect-error no ts
 import { esKuery } from '../../es_query';
 
@@ -105,6 +106,22 @@ describe('Filter Utils', () => {
         )
       ).toEqual(esKuery.fromKueryExpression('foo.title: "best"'));
     });
+
+    test('does not mutate the input KueryNode', () => {
+      const input = esKuery.nodeTypes.function.buildNode(
+        'is',
+        `foo.attributes.title`,
+        'best',
+        true
+      );
+
+      const inputCopy = cloneDeep(input);
+
+      validateConvertFilterToKueryNode(['foo'], input, mockMappings);
+
+      expect(input).toEqual(inputCopy);
+    });
+
     test('Validate a simple KQL expression filter', () => {
       expect(
         validateConvertFilterToKueryNode(['foo'], 'foo.attributes.title: "best"', mockMappings)
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/filter_utils.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/filter_utils.ts
index b3bcef9a62e1..a41a25a27b70 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/filter_utils.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/filter_utils.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
  */
 
 import { set } from '@elastic/safer-lodash-set';
-import { get } from 'lodash';
+import { get, cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import { SavedObjectsErrorHelpers } from './errors';
 import { IndexMapping } from '../../mappings';
 // @ts-expect-error no ts
 import { esKuery } from '../../es_query';
+
 type KueryNode = any;
 
 const astFunctionType = ['is', 'range', 'nested'];
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export const validateConvertFilterToKueryNode = (
 ): KueryNode | undefined => {
   if (filter && indexMapping) {
     const filterKueryNode =
-      typeof filter === 'string' ? esKuery.fromKueryExpression(filter) : filter;
+      typeof filter === 'string' ? esKuery.fromKueryExpression(filter) : cloneDeep(filter);
 
     const validationFilterKuery = validateFilterKueryNode({
       astFilter: filterKueryNode,