diff --git a/src/Core/ServerSettings.cpp b/src/Core/ServerSettings.cpp
index 4bea23d4e90..a955400286d 100644
--- a/src/Core/ServerSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/Core/ServerSettings.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ namespace DB
     DECLARE(UInt64, parts_killer_pool_size, 128, "Threads for cleanup of shared merge tree outdated threads. Only available in ClickHouse Cloud", 0) \
     DECLARE(UInt64, keeper_multiread_batch_size, 10'000, "Maximum size of batch for MultiRead request to [Zoo]Keeper that support batching. If set to 0, batching is disabled. Available only in ClickHouse Cloud.", 0) \
     DECLARE(Bool, use_legacy_mongodb_integration, true, "Use the legacy MongoDB integration implementation. Note: it's highly recommended to set this option to false, since legacy implementation will be removed in the future. Please submit any issues you encounter with the new implementation.", 0) \
+    DECLARE(Bool, validate_access_consistency_between_instances, true, "Validate that the instance has the same user with exactly the same access before executing a DDL query. Note: turning this setting off may expose your cluster to potential permission escalation. Change this setting only if you know what you are doing.", 0) \
     \
     DECLARE(UInt64, prefetch_threadpool_pool_size, 100, "Size of background pool for prefetches for remote object storages", 0) \
     DECLARE(UInt64, prefetch_threadpool_queue_size, 1000000, "Number of tasks which is possible to push into prefetches pool", 0) \
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/DDLTask.cpp b/src/Interpreters/DDLTask.cpp
index 106710a9bb4..3502ebefc36 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/DDLTask.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/DDLTask.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+#include <Access/AccessControl.h>
+#include <Access/User.h>
 #include <Interpreters/DDLTask.h>
 #include <base/sort.h>
 #include <Common/DNSResolver.h>
 #include <Common/isLocalAddress.h>
+#include <Core/ServerSettings.h>
 #include <Core/Settings.h>
 #include <Databases/DatabaseReplicated.h>
 #include <Interpreters/DatabaseCatalog.h>
@@ -32,6 +35,11 @@ namespace Setting
     extern const SettingsUInt64 max_query_size;
 }
 
+namespace ServerSetting
+{
+    extern const ServerSettingsBool validate_access_consistency_between_instances;
+}
+
 namespace ErrorCodes
 {
     extern const int UNKNOWN_FORMAT_VERSION;
@@ -147,6 +155,14 @@ String DDLLogEntry::toString() const
         wb << "\n";
     }
 
+    if (version >= INITIATOR_USER_VERSION)
+    {
+        wb << "initiator_user: ";
+        writeEscapedString(initial_query_id, wb);
+        wb << '\n';
+        wb << "access_hash: " << access_hash << "\n";
+    }
+
     return wb.str();
 }
 
@@ -219,6 +235,14 @@ void DDLLogEntry::parse(const String & data)
         rb >> "\n";
     }
 
+    if (version >= INITIATOR_USER_VERSION)
+    {
+        rb >> "initiator_user: ";
+        readEscapedString(initiator_user, rb);
+        rb >> "\n";
+        rb >> "access_hash: " >> access_hash >> "\n";
+    }
+
     assertEOF(rb);
 
     if (!host_id_strings.empty())
@@ -253,8 +277,25 @@ ContextMutablePtr DDLTaskBase::makeQueryContext(ContextPtr from_context, const Z
     query_context->makeQueryContext();
     query_context->setCurrentQueryId(""); // generate random query_id
     query_context->setQueryKind(ClientInfo::QueryKind::SECONDARY_QUERY);
+
+    const auto & access_control = from_context->getAccessControl();
+    const auto user = access_control.tryRead<User>(entry.initiator_user);
+    if (!user)
+    {
+        if (from_context->getServerSettings()[ServerSetting::validate_access_consistency_between_instances])
+            throw Exception(ErrorCodes::INCONSISTENT_CLUSTER_DEFINITION, "Initiator user is not present on instance.");
+        LOG_WARNING(getLogger("DDLTask"), "Initiator user is not present on the instance. Will use the global user for the query execution. This is a security vulnerability!");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        query_context->setUser(access_control.getID<User>(entry.initiator_user));
+        if (sipHash64(user->access.toString()) != entry.access_hash && from_context->getServerSettings()[ServerSetting::validate_access_consistency_between_instances])
+            throw Exception(ErrorCodes::INCONSISTENT_CLUSTER_DEFINITION, "Inconsistent access for the '{}' user on the instance.", user->getName());
+    }
+
     if (entry.settings)
         query_context->applySettingsChanges(*entry.settings);
+
     return query_context;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/DDLTask.h b/src/Interpreters/DDLTask.h
index f0f5d60db6d..547c8c1bbad 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/DDLTask.h
+++ b/src/Interpreters/DDLTask.h
@@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ struct DDLLogEntry
     static constexpr const UInt64 PRESERVE_INITIAL_QUERY_ID_VERSION = 5;
     static constexpr const UInt64 BACKUP_RESTORE_FLAG_IN_ZK_VERSION = 6;
     static constexpr const UInt64 PARENT_TABLE_UUID_VERSION = 7;
+    static constexpr const UInt64 INITIATOR_USER_VERSION = 8;
     /// Add new version here
 
     /// Remember to update the value below once new version is added
-    static constexpr const UInt64 DDL_ENTRY_FORMAT_MAX_VERSION = 7;
+    static constexpr const UInt64 DDL_ENTRY_FORMAT_MAX_VERSION = 9;
 
     UInt64 version = 1;
     String query;
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@ struct DDLLogEntry
     /// Only for DatabaseReplicated.
     std::optional<UUID> parent_table_uuid;
 
+    String initiator_user;
+    UInt64 access_hash;
+
     void setSettingsIfRequired(ContextPtr context);
     String toString() const;
     void parse(const String & data);
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/executeDDLQueryOnCluster.cpp b/src/Interpreters/executeDDLQueryOnCluster.cpp
index 0b88d07148c..02d6b4a7e05 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/executeDDLQueryOnCluster.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/executeDDLQueryOnCluster.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ BlockIO executeDDLQueryOnCluster(const ASTPtr & query_ptr_, ContextPtr context,
     entry.setSettingsIfRequired(context);
     entry.tracing_context = OpenTelemetry::CurrentContext();
     entry.initial_query_id = context->getClientInfo().initial_query_id;
+    entry.initiator_user = context->getUserName();
+    entry.access_hash = sipHash64(context->getAccess()->getAccessRights()->toString());
     String node_path = ddl_worker.enqueueQuery(entry, params.retries_info, context->getProcessListElement());
 
     return getDDLOnClusterStatus(node_path, ddl_worker.getReplicasDir(), entry, context);