diff --git a/assets/model.conf b/assets/model.conf
index 92664af6ff693..087406b2023b5 100644
--- a/assets/model.conf
+++ b/assets/model.conf
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ g = _, _
 e = some(where (p.eft == allow)) && !some(where (p.eft == deny))
 
 [matchers]
-m = g(r.sub, p.sub) && keyMatch(r.res, p.res) && keyMatch(r.act, p.act) && keyMatch(r.obj, p.obj)
+m = g(r.sub, p.sub) && globMatch(r.res, p.res) && globMatch(r.act, p.act) && globMatch(r.obj, p.obj)
diff --git a/controller/appcontroller.go b/controller/appcontroller.go
index 52ddb62181d69..8a8dff264eb62 100644
--- a/controller/appcontroller.go
+++ b/controller/appcontroller.go
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/argo"
 	appstatecache "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/cache/appstate"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/db"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/glob"
 	settings_util "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/settings"
-
-	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -265,9 +264,9 @@ func isKnownOrphanedResourceExclusion(key kube.ResourceKey, proj *appv1.AppProje
 	}
 	list := proj.Spec.OrphanedResources.Ignore
 	for _, item := range list {
-		if item.Kind == "" || match(item.Kind, key.Kind) {
-			if match(item.Group, key.Group) {
-				if item.Name == "" || match(item.Name, key.Name) {
+		if item.Kind == "" || glob.Match(item.Kind, key.Kind) {
+			if glob.Match(item.Group, key.Group) {
+				if item.Name == "" || glob.Match(item.Name, key.Name) {
 					return true
 				}
 			}
@@ -276,15 +275,6 @@ func isKnownOrphanedResourceExclusion(key kube.ResourceKey, proj *appv1.AppProje
 	return false
 }
 
-func match(pattern, text string) bool {
-	compiledGlob, err := glob.Compile(pattern)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to compile pattern %s due to error %v", pattern, err)
-		return false
-	}
-	return compiledGlob.Match(text)
-}
-
 func (ctrl *ApplicationController) getResourceTree(a *appv1.Application, managedResources []*appv1.ResourceDiff) (*appv1.ApplicationTree, error) {
 	nodes := make([]appv1.ResourceNode, 0)
 
diff --git a/util/argo/normalizers/diff_normalizer.go b/util/argo/normalizers/diff_normalizer.go
index 637006dec9649..5082a6f1ed2f4 100644
--- a/util/argo/normalizers/diff_normalizer.go
+++ b/util/argo/normalizers/diff_normalizer.go
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/diff"
 	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
-	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/glob"
 )
 
 type normalizerPatch struct {
@@ -62,23 +62,14 @@ func NewIgnoreNormalizer(ignore []v1alpha1.ResourceIgnoreDifferences, overrides
 	return &ignoreNormalizer{patches: patches}, nil
 }
 
-func match(pattern, text string) bool {
-	compiledGlob, err := glob.Compile(pattern)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to compile pattern %s due to error %v", pattern, err)
-		return false
-	}
-	return compiledGlob.Match(text)
-}
-
 // Normalize removes fields from supplied resource using json paths from matching items of specified resources ignored differences list
 func (n *ignoreNormalizer) Normalize(un *unstructured.Unstructured) error {
 	matched := make([]normalizerPatch, 0)
 	for _, patch := range n.patches {
 		groupKind := un.GroupVersionKind().GroupKind()
 
-		if match(patch.groupKind.Group, groupKind.Group) &&
-			match(patch.groupKind.Kind, groupKind.Kind) &&
+		if glob.Match(patch.groupKind.Group, groupKind.Group) &&
+			glob.Match(patch.groupKind.Kind, groupKind.Kind) &&
 			(patch.name == "" || patch.name == un.GetName()) &&
 			(patch.namespace == "" || patch.namespace == un.GetNamespace()) {
 
diff --git a/util/glob/glob.go b/util/glob/glob.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..41bb2b93648d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/glob/glob.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package glob
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func Match(pattern, text string) bool {
+	compiledGlob, err := glob.Compile(pattern)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to compile pattern %s due to error %v", pattern, err)
+		return false
+	}
+	return compiledGlob.Match(text)
+}
diff --git a/util/rbac/rbac.go b/util/rbac/rbac.go
index e26ab147f7387..dd8c45095adaf 100644
--- a/util/rbac/rbac.go
+++ b/util/rbac/rbac.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/assets"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/glob"
 	jwtutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/jwt"
 
 	"github.com/casbin/casbin"
@@ -54,10 +55,37 @@ type Enforcer struct {
 // ClaimsEnforcerFunc is func template to enforce a JWT claims. The subject is replaced
 type ClaimsEnforcerFunc func(claims jwt.Claims, rvals ...interface{}) bool
 
+func newEnforcerSafe(params ...interface{}) (e *casbin.Enforcer, err error) {
+	enfs, err := casbin.NewEnforcerSafe(params...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	enfs.AddFunction("globMatch", func(args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		if len(args) < 2 {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		val, ok := args[0].(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		pattern, ok := args[1].(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		return glob.Match(pattern, val), nil
+	})
+	return enfs, nil
+}
+
 func NewEnforcer(clientset kubernetes.Interface, namespace, configmap string, claimsEnforcer ClaimsEnforcerFunc) *Enforcer {
 	adapter := newAdapter("", "", "")
 	builtInModel := newBuiltInModel()
-	enf := casbin.NewEnforcer(builtInModel, adapter)
+	enf, err := newEnforcerSafe(builtInModel, adapter)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	enf.EnableLog(false)
 	return &Enforcer{
 		Enforcer:           enf,
@@ -134,7 +162,7 @@ func (e *Enforcer) EnforceRuntimePolicy(policy string, rvals ...interface{}) boo
 	if policy == "" {
 		enf = e.Enforcer
 	} else {
-		enf, err = casbin.NewEnforcerSafe(newBuiltInModel(), newAdapter(e.adapter.builtinPolicy, e.adapter.userDefinedPolicy, policy))
+		enf, err = newEnforcerSafe(newBuiltInModel(), newAdapter(e.adapter.builtinPolicy, e.adapter.userDefinedPolicy, policy))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Warnf("invalid runtime policy: %s", policy)
 			enf = e.Enforcer
@@ -259,7 +287,7 @@ func (e *Enforcer) syncUpdate(cm *apiv1.ConfigMap, onUpdated func(cm *apiv1.Conf
 
 // ValidatePolicy verifies a policy string is acceptable to casbin
 func ValidatePolicy(policy string) error {
-	_, err := casbin.NewEnforcerSafe(newBuiltInModel(), newAdapter("", "", policy))
+	_, err := newEnforcerSafe(newBuiltInModel(), newAdapter("", "", policy))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("policy syntax error: %s", policy)
 	}
diff --git a/util/rbac/rbac_test.go b/util/rbac/rbac_test.go
index 575c7ade73401..2331293248c2e 100644
--- a/util/rbac/rbac_test.go
+++ b/util/rbac/rbac_test.go
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ p, mike, *, *, foo/obj, deny
 p, trudy, applications, get, foo/obj, allow
 p, trudy, applications/*, get, foo/obj, allow
 p, trudy, applications/secrets, get, foo/obj, deny
+p, danny, applications, get, */obj, allow
+p, danny, applications, get, proj1/a*p1, allow
 `
 	_ = enf.SetUserPolicy(policy)
 
@@ -171,6 +173,13 @@ p, trudy, applications/secrets, get, foo/obj, deny
 	assert.True(t, enf.Enforce("trudy", "applications", "get", "foo/obj"))
 	assert.True(t, enf.Enforce("trudy", "applications/logs", "get", "foo/obj"))
 	assert.False(t, enf.Enforce("trudy", "applications/secrets", "get", "foo/obj"))
+
+	// Verify trailing wildcards don't grant full access
+	assert.True(t, enf.Enforce("danny", "applications", "get", "foo/obj"))
+	assert.True(t, enf.Enforce("danny", "applications", "get", "bar/obj"))
+	assert.False(t, enf.Enforce("danny", "applications", "get", "foo/bar"))
+	assert.True(t, enf.Enforce("danny", "applications", "get", "proj1/app1"))
+	assert.False(t, enf.Enforce("danny", "applications", "get", "proj1/app2"))
 }
 
 // TestProjectIsolationEnforcement verifies the ability to create Project specific policies
diff --git a/util/settings/filtered_resource.go b/util/settings/filtered_resource.go
index 8ecdce5b9b348..f3a2d61ed560f 100644
--- a/util/settings/filtered_resource.go
+++ b/util/settings/filtered_resource.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package settings
 
-import (
-	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
+import "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/glob"
 
 type FilteredResource struct {
 	APIGroups []string `json:"apiGroups,omitempty"`
@@ -13,22 +10,13 @@ type FilteredResource struct {
 
 func (r FilteredResource) matchGroup(apiGroup string) bool {
 	for _, excludedApiGroup := range r.APIGroups {
-		if match(excludedApiGroup, apiGroup) {
+		if glob.Match(excludedApiGroup, apiGroup) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return len(r.APIGroups) == 0
 }
 
-func match(pattern, text string) bool {
-	compiledGlob, err := glob.Compile(pattern)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to compile pattern %s due to error %v", pattern, err)
-		return false
-	}
-	return compiledGlob.Match(text)
-}
-
 func (r FilteredResource) matchKind(kind string) bool {
 	for _, excludedKind := range r.Kinds {
 		if excludedKind == "*" || excludedKind == kind {
@@ -40,7 +28,7 @@ func (r FilteredResource) matchKind(kind string) bool {
 
 func (r FilteredResource) matchCluster(cluster string) bool {
 	for _, excludedCluster := range r.Clusters {
-		if match(excludedCluster, cluster) {
+		if glob.Match(excludedCluster, cluster) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}