diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-fns.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-fns.ts
index cccadb86e..b3e20fcf2 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-fns.ts
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@ function validateOrgSSO(actorAuthMethod: ActorAuthMethod, isOrgSsoEnforced: TOrg
   }
 }
 
-const escapeHandlebarsMissingMetadata = (obj: Record<string, string>) => {
+const escapeHandlebarsMissingDict = (obj: Record<string, string>, key = "identity.metadata") => {
   const handler = {
     get(target: Record<string, string>, prop: string) {
-      if (!(prop in target)) {
+      if (!Object.hasOwn(target, prop)) {
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
-        target[prop] = `{{identity.metadata.${prop}}}`; // Add missing key as an "own" property
+        target[prop] = `{{${key}.${prop}}}`; // Add missing key as an "own" property
       }
       return target[prop];
     }
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ const escapeHandlebarsMissingMetadata = (obj: Record<string, string>) => {
   return new Proxy(obj, handler);
 };
 
-export { escapeHandlebarsMissingMetadata, isAuthMethodSaml, validateOrgSSO };
+export { escapeHandlebarsMissingDict, isAuthMethodSaml, validateOrgSSO };
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-service.ts
index 6b36234ca..232d347cc 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-service.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { TServiceTokenDALFactory } from "@app/services/service-token/service-tok
 
 import { orgAdminPermissions, orgMemberPermissions, orgNoAccessPermissions, OrgPermissionSet } from "./org-permission";
 import { TPermissionDALFactory } from "./permission-dal";
-import { escapeHandlebarsMissingMetadata, validateOrgSSO } from "./permission-fns";
+import { escapeHandlebarsMissingDict, validateOrgSSO } from "./permission-fns";
 import {
   TBuildOrgPermissionDTO,
   TBuildProjectPermissionDTO,
@@ -244,20 +244,21 @@ export const permissionServiceFactory = ({
 
     const rules = buildProjectPermissionRules(rolePermissions.concat(additionalPrivileges));
     const templatedRules = handlebars.compile(JSON.stringify(rules), { data: false });
-    const metadataKeyValuePair = escapeHandlebarsMissingMetadata(
+    const metadataKeyValuePair = escapeHandlebarsMissingDict(
       objectify(
         userProjectPermission.metadata,
         (i) => i.key,
         (i) => i.value
       )
     );
+    const templateValue = {
+      id: userProjectPermission.userId,
+      username: userProjectPermission.username,
+      metadata: metadataKeyValuePair
+    };
     const interpolateRules = templatedRules(
       {
-        identity: {
-          id: userProjectPermission.userId,
-          username: userProjectPermission.username,
-          metadata: metadataKeyValuePair
-        }
+        identity: templateValue
       },
       { data: false }
     );
@@ -318,24 +319,26 @@ export const permissionServiceFactory = ({
 
     const rules = buildProjectPermissionRules(rolePermissions.concat(additionalPrivileges));
     const templatedRules = handlebars.compile(JSON.stringify(rules), { data: false });
-    const identityAuthInfo = requestContext.get("identityAuthInfo");
+    const unescapedIdentityAuthInfo = requestContext.get("identityAuthInfo");
     const unescapedMetadata = objectify(
       identityProjectPermission.metadata,
       (i) => i.key,
       (i) => i.value
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    ) as Record<string, any>;
-    if (identityAuthInfo?.identityId === identityId && identityAuthInfo) {
-      unescapedMetadata.auth = identityAuthInfo;
-    }
-    const metadataKeyValuePair = escapeHandlebarsMissingMetadata(unescapedMetadata);
+    );
+    const identityAuthInfo =
+      unescapedIdentityAuthInfo?.identityId === identityId && unescapedIdentityAuthInfo
+        ? escapeHandlebarsMissingDict(unescapedIdentityAuthInfo as never, "identity.auth")
+        : {};
+    const metadataKeyValuePair = escapeHandlebarsMissingDict(unescapedMetadata);
+    const templateValue = {
+      id: identityProjectPermission.identityId,
+      username: identityProjectPermission.username,
+      metadata: metadataKeyValuePair,
+      auth: identityAuthInfo
+    };
     const interpolateRules = templatedRules(
       {
-        identity: {
-          id: identityProjectPermission.identityId,
-          username: identityProjectPermission.username,
-          metadata: metadataKeyValuePair
-        }
+        identity: templateValue
       },
       { data: false }
     );
@@ -428,20 +431,21 @@ export const permissionServiceFactory = ({
 
       const rules = buildProjectPermissionRules(rolePermissions.concat(additionalPrivileges));
       const templatedRules = handlebars.compile(JSON.stringify(rules), { data: false });
-      const metadataKeyValuePair = escapeHandlebarsMissingMetadata(
+      const metadataKeyValuePair = escapeHandlebarsMissingDict(
         objectify(
           userProjectPermission.metadata,
           (i) => i.key,
           (i) => i.value
         )
       );
+      const templateValue = {
+        id: userProjectPermission.userId,
+        username: userProjectPermission.username,
+        metadata: metadataKeyValuePair
+      };
       const interpolateRules = templatedRules(
         {
-          identity: {
-            id: userProjectPermission.userId,
-            username: userProjectPermission.username,
-            metadata: metadataKeyValuePair
-          }
+          identity: templateValue
         },
         { data: false }
       );
@@ -473,21 +477,21 @@ export const permissionServiceFactory = ({
 
       const rules = buildProjectPermissionRules(rolePermissions.concat(additionalPrivileges));
       const templatedRules = handlebars.compile(JSON.stringify(rules), { data: false });
-      const metadataKeyValuePair = escapeHandlebarsMissingMetadata(
+      const metadataKeyValuePair = escapeHandlebarsMissingDict(
         objectify(
           identityProjectPermission.metadata,
           (i) => i.key,
           (i) => i.value
         )
       );
-
+      const templateValue = {
+        id: identityProjectPermission.identityId,
+        username: identityProjectPermission.username,
+        metadata: metadataKeyValuePair
+      };
       const interpolateRules = templatedRules(
         {
-          identity: {
-            id: identityProjectPermission.identityId,
-            username: identityProjectPermission.username,
-            metadata: metadataKeyValuePair
-          }
+          identity: templateValue
         },
         { data: false }
       );