diff --git a/src/authorization/permission-descriptors.ts b/src/authorization/permission-descriptors.ts
index 8b9ff4d93..9d48c2670 100644
--- a/src/authorization/permission-descriptors.ts
+++ b/src/authorization/permission-descriptors.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import {
     BinaryOperationQueryNode,
     BinaryOperator,
     ConstBoolQueryNode,
+    CountQueryNode,
     FieldQueryNode,
+    IntersectionQueryNode,
+    ListQueryNode,
     LiteralQueryNode,
     QueryNode,
     UnknownValueQueryNode,
@@ -239,6 +242,20 @@ export class ProfileBasedPermissionDescriptor extends PermissionDescriptor {
 
             if (restriction.valueTemplate !== undefined) {
                 const values = permission.evaluateTemplate(restriction.valueTemplate, authContext);
+                
+                if (fieldPath.isList) {
+                    return new BinaryOperationQueryNode(
+                        new CountQueryNode(
+                            new IntersectionQueryNode([
+                                fieldNode,
+                                new LiteralQueryNode(values),
+                            ])
+                        ),
+                        BinaryOperator.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL,
+                        new LiteralQueryNode(1)
+                    );
+                }
+
                 return new BinaryOperationQueryNode(
                     fieldNode,
                     BinaryOperator.IN,
@@ -255,6 +272,18 @@ export class ProfileBasedPermissionDescriptor extends PermissionDescriptor {
                 if (!sanitizedClaimValues.length) {
                     return ConstBoolQueryNode.FALSE;
                 }
+                if (fieldPath.isList) {
+                    return new BinaryOperationQueryNode(
+                        new CountQueryNode(
+                            new IntersectionQueryNode([
+                                fieldNode,
+                                new LiteralQueryNode(sanitizedClaimValues),
+                            ])
+                        ),
+                        BinaryOperator.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL,
+                        new LiteralQueryNode(1)
+                    );
+                }
                 return new BinaryOperationQueryNode(
                     fieldNode,
                     BinaryOperator.IN,
diff --git a/src/database/arangodb/aql-generator.ts b/src/database/arangodb/aql-generator.ts
index 954d90ce0..b39161766 100644
--- a/src/database/arangodb/aql-generator.ts
+++ b/src/database/arangodb/aql-generator.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
     FieldQueryNode,
     FirstOfListQueryNode,
     FollowEdgeQueryNode,
+    IntersectionQueryNode,
     ListItemQueryNode,
     ListQueryNode,
     LiteralQueryNode,
@@ -450,6 +451,12 @@ register(ConcatListsQueryNode, (node, context) => {
     return aql`UNION(${listNodeStr})`;
 });
 
+register(IntersectionQueryNode, (node, context) => {
+    const listNodes = node.listNodes.map((node) => processNode(node, context));
+    const listNodeStr = aql.join(listNodes, aql`, `);
+    return aql`INTERSECTION(${listNodeStr})`;
+});
+
 register(VariableQueryNode, (node, context) => {
     return context.getVariable(node);
 });
@@ -1482,9 +1489,13 @@ function getRelationTraversalFragment({
                 if (
                     !(
                         segment.vertexFilter instanceof BinaryOperationQueryNode &&
-                        segment.vertexFilter.lhs instanceof FieldQueryNode &&
-                        segment.vertexFilter.lhs.objectNode === segment.vertexFilterVariable
+                        segment.vertexFilter.lhs instanceof FieldQueryNode
                     )
+                    // !(
+                    //     segment.vertexFilter instanceof BinaryOperationQueryNode &&
+                    //     segment.vertexFilter.lhs instanceof FieldQueryNode &&
+                    //     segment.vertexFilter.lhs.objectNode === segment.vertexFilterVariable
+                    // )
                 ) {
                     throw new Error(`Unsupported filter pattern for graph traversal`);
                 }
diff --git a/src/query-tree/lists.ts b/src/query-tree/lists.ts
index 7e1f6b706..73304d9bc 100644
--- a/src/query-tree/lists.ts
+++ b/src/query-tree/lists.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,20 @@ export class FirstOfListQueryNode extends QueryNode {
     }
 }
 
+
+export class IntersectionQueryNode extends QueryNode {
+    constructor(public readonly listNodes: ReadonlyArray<QueryNode>) {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    describe() {
+        if (!this.listNodes.length) {
+            return `[]`;
+        }
+        return `intersection(${this.listNodes.map(listNode => listNode.describe()).join(',')})`;
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * A node that evaluates to a specific item of a list, or NULL if the list is empty
  */