diff --git a/pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs b/pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs
index a6a4420a..bf5805de 100644
--- a/pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs
+++ b/pbs-config/src/cached_user_info.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,16 @@ impl CachedUserInfo {
 
         (privs, propagated_privs)
     }
+
+    /// Checks whether the `auth_id` has any of the privilegs `privs` on any object below `path`.
+    pub fn any_privs_below(
+        &self,
+        auth_id: &Authid,
+        path: &[&str],
+        privs: u64,
+    ) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        self.acl_tree.any_privs_below(auth_id, path, privs)
+    }
 }
 
 impl UserInformation for CachedUserInfo {