diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/IndexTemplateClusterPermissionsCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/IndexTemplateClusterPermissionsCheckTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b38e372560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/IndexTemplateClusterPermissionsCheckTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ *
+ * Modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+ * GitHub history for details.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.security;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.opensearch.security.test.SingleClusterTest;
+import org.opensearch.security.test.helper.rest.RestHelper;
+import org.opensearch.security.test.helper.rest.RestHelper.HttpResponse;
+
+public class IndexTemplateClusterPermissionsCheckTest extends SingleClusterTest{
+        private RestHelper rh;
+
+        final static String indexTemplateBody = "{ \"index_patterns\": [\"sem1234*\"], \"template\": { \"settings\": { \"number_of_shards\": 2, \"number_of_replicas\": 1 }, \"mappings\": { \"properties\": { \"timestamp\": { \"type\": \"date\", \"format\": \"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss||yyyy-MM-dd||epoch_millis\" }, \"value\": { \"type\": \"double\" } } } } }";
+
+        private String getFailureResponseReason(String user) {
+            return "no permissions for [indices:admin/index_template/put] and User [name=" + user + ", backend_roles=[], requestedTenant=null]";
+        }
+
+        @Before
+        public void setupRestHelper() throws Exception{
+            setup();
+            rh = nonSslRestHelper();
+        }
+        @Test
+        public void testPutIndexTemplateByNonPrivilegedUser() throws Exception {
+            String expectedFailureResponse = getFailureResponseReason("ds3");
+
+            // should fail, as `ds3` user doesn't have correct permissions
+            HttpResponse response = rh.executePutRequest("/_index_template/sem1234", indexTemplateBody, encodeBasicHeader("ds3", "nagilum"));
+            Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_FORBIDDEN, response.getStatusCode());
+            Assert.assertEquals(expectedFailureResponse, response.findValueInJson("error.root_cause[0].reason"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        public void testPutIndexTemplateByPrivilegedUser() throws Exception {
+            // should pass, as `sem-user` user has correct permissions
+            HttpResponse response = rh.executePutRequest("/_index_template/sem1234", indexTemplateBody, encodeBasicHeader("sem-user", "nagilum"));
+            Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_OK, response.getStatusCode());
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        public void testPutIndexTemplateAsIndexLevelPermission() throws Exception {
+            String expectedFailureResponse = getFailureResponseReason("sem-user2");
+
+            // should fail, as `sem-user2` is assigned `put-template` permission as index-level, not cluster-level
+            HttpResponse response = rh.executePutRequest("/_index_template/sem1234", indexTemplateBody, encodeBasicHeader("sem-user2", "nagilum"));
+            Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_FORBIDDEN, response.getStatusCode());
+            Assert.assertEquals(expectedFailureResponse, response.findValueInJson("error.root_cause[0].reason"));
+        }
+
+    }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/test/helper/rest/RestHelper.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/test/helper/rest/RestHelper.java
index fe32c5a465..07bbd433a1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/test/helper/rest/RestHelper.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/test/helper/rest/RestHelper.java
@@ -379,11 +379,27 @@ public String findValueInJson(final String jsonDotPath) {
 					fail("Invalid json dot path '" + jsonDotPath + "', rewrite with '.' characters between path elements.");
 				}
 				do {
-					final String pathEntry = jsonPathScanner.next();
+					String pathEntry = jsonPathScanner.next();
+					// if pathEntry is an array lookup
+					boolean isArrayLookup = pathEntry.contains("[");
+					int arrayEntryIdx = -1;
+					if (isArrayLookup) {
+						arrayEntryIdx = Integer.parseInt(pathEntry.replaceAll("[^0-9]", ""));
+						pathEntry = pathEntry.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z_-]", "");
+					}
+
 					if (!currentNode.has(pathEntry)) {
 						fail("Unable to resolve '" + jsonDotPath + "', on path entry '" + pathEntry + "' from available fields " + currentNode.toPrettyString());
 					}
 					currentNode = currentNode.get(pathEntry);
+
+					// if it's an Array lookup we get the request index item
+					if (isArrayLookup) {
+						if(!currentNode.isArray()) {
+							fail("Unable to resolve '" + jsonDotPath + "', the '" + pathEntry + "' field is not an array " + currentNode.toPrettyString());
+						}
+						currentNode = currentNode.get(arrayEntryIdx);
+					}
 				} while (jsonPathScanner.hasNext());
 
 				if (!currentNode.isValueNode()) {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/internal_users.yml b/src/test/resources/internal_users.yml
index 6a0999e34e..99d821ce33 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/internal_users.yml
+++ b/src/test/resources/internal_users.yml
@@ -350,3 +350,9 @@ hidden_test:
   hash: $2a$12$n5nubfWATfQjSYHiWtUyeOxMIxFInUHOAx8VMmGmxFNPGpaBmeB.m
   opendistro_security_roles:
   - hidden_test
+sem-user:
+  hash: $2a$12$n5nubfWATfQjSYHiWtUyeOxMIxFInUHOAx8VMmGmxFNPGpaBmeB.m
+  #password is: nagilum
+sem-user2:
+  hash: $2a$12$n5nubfWATfQjSYHiWtUyeOxMIxFInUHOAx8VMmGmxFNPGpaBmeB.m
+  #password is: nagilum
diff --git a/src/test/resources/roles.yml b/src/test/resources/roles.yml
index c7a171523b..20e7c38cdb 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/roles.yml
+++ b/src/test/resources/roles.yml
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ data_stream_1:
   reserved: true
   hidden: false
   description: "Migrated from v6 (all types mapped)"
-  cluster_permissions: []
+  cluster_permissions: [ "indices:admin/index_template/put" ]
   index_permissions:
     - index_patterns:
         - "my-data-stream*"
@@ -1137,3 +1137,25 @@ hidden_test:
     - hidden_test_not_hidden
     allowed_actions:
     - "*"
+
+sem-role:
+  reserved: true
+  hidden: false
+  description: "Migrated from v6 (all types mapped)"
+  cluster_permissions: [ "cluster_monitor", "indices:admin/index_template/put" ]
+  index_permissions:
+    - index_patterns:
+        - "sem*"
+      allowed_actions:
+        - "*"
+
+sem-role2:
+  reserved: true
+  hidden: false
+  description: "Migrated from v6 (all types mapped)"
+  cluster_permissions: [ "cluster_monitor" ]
+  index_permissions:
+    - index_patterns:
+        - "sem*"
+      allowed_actions:
+        - "indices:admin/index_template/put"
diff --git a/src/test/resources/roles_mapping.yml b/src/test/resources/roles_mapping.yml
index 6cf3ae377b..9253b0c970 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/roles_mapping.yml
+++ b/src/test/resources/roles_mapping.yml
@@ -413,3 +413,13 @@ data_stream_3:
   hidden: false
   users:
     - "ds3"
+sem-role:
+  reserved: false
+  hidden: false
+  users:
+    - "sem-user"
+sem-role2:
+  reserved: false
+  hidden: false
+  users:
+    - "sem-user2"