diff --git a/sessionctx/sessionstates/BUILD.bazel b/sessionctx/sessionstates/BUILD.bazel
index 2348abae1ea6d..ea4cde5fb4e1c 100644
--- a/sessionctx/sessionstates/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/sessionctx/sessionstates/BUILD.bazel
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ go_test(
     ],
     embed = [":sessionstates"],
     flaky = True,
-    shard_count = 14,
+    shard_count = 15,
     deps = [
         "//config",
         "//errno",
diff --git a/sessionctx/sessionstates/session_states_test.go b/sessionctx/sessionstates/session_states_test.go
index 5f4c791b948ff..c55d1a8b1c5fb 100644
--- a/sessionctx/sessionstates/session_states_test.go
+++ b/sessionctx/sessionstates/session_states_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package sessionstates_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
@@ -1484,3 +1485,15 @@ func getResetBytes(stmtID uint32) []byte {
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(buf[pos:], stmtID)
 	return buf
 }
+
+func TestIssue47665(t *testing.T) {
+	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
+	tk.Session().GetSessionVars().TLSConnectionState = &tls.ConnectionState{} // unrelated mock for the test.
+	originSEM := config.GetGlobalConfig().Security.EnableSEM
+	config.GetGlobalConfig().Security.EnableSEM = true
+	tk.MustGetErrMsg("set @@global.require_secure_transport = on", "require_secure_transport can not be set to ON with SEM(security enhanced mode) enabled")
+	config.GetGlobalConfig().Security.EnableSEM = originSEM
+	tk.MustExec("set @@global.require_secure_transport = on")
+	tk.MustExec("set @@global.require_secure_transport = off") // recover to default value
+}
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
index 5a8681f24711d..835103bac9f2e 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
@@ -1033,6 +1033,15 @@ var defaultSysVars = []*SysVar{
 			return nil
 		}, Validation: func(vars *SessionVars, normalizedValue string, originalValue string, scope ScopeFlag) (string, error) {
 			if vars.StmtCtx.StmtType == "Set" && TiDBOptOn(normalizedValue) {
+				// On tidbcloud dedicated cluster with the default configuration, if an user modify
+				// @@global.require_secure_transport=on, he can not login the cluster anymore!
+				// A workaround for this is making require_secure_transport read-only for that case.
+				// SEM(security enhanced mode) is enabled by default with only that settings.
+				cfg := config.GetGlobalConfig()
+				if cfg.Security.EnableSEM {
+					return "", errors.New("require_secure_transport can not be set to ON with SEM(security enhanced mode) enabled")
+				}
+
 				// Refuse to set RequireSecureTransport to ON if the connection
 				// issuing the change is not secure. This helps reduce the chance of users being locked out.
 				if vars.TLSConnectionState == nil {