diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/authorizer/caching_authorizer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/authorizer/caching_authorizer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5dffd972366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/authorizer/caching_authorizer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package authorizer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+)
+
+type authzResult struct {
+	authorized authorizer.Decision
+	reason     string
+	err        error
+}
+
+type cachingAuthorizer struct {
+	authorizer authorizer.Authorizer
+	decisions  map[string]authzResult
+}
+
+// NewCachingAuthorizer returns an authorizer that caches decisions for the duration
+// of the authorizers use.  Intended to be used for short-lived operations such as
+// the handling of a request in the admission chain, and then discarded.
+func NewCachingAuthorizer(in authorizer.Authorizer) authorizer.Authorizer {
+	return &cachingAuthorizer{
+		authorizer: in,
+		decisions:  make(map[string]authzResult),
+	}
+}
+
+// The attribute accessors known to cache key construction. If this fails to compile, the cache
+// implementation may need to be updated.
+var _ authorizer.Attributes = (interface {
+	GetUser() user.Info
+	GetVerb() string
+	IsReadOnly() bool
+	GetNamespace() string
+	GetResource() string
+	GetSubresource() string
+	GetName() string
+	GetAPIGroup() string
+	GetAPIVersion() string
+	IsResourceRequest() bool
+	GetPath() string
+	GetFieldSelector() (fields.Requirements, error)
+	GetLabelSelector() (labels.Requirements, error)
+})(nil)
+
+// The user info accessors known to cache key construction. If this fails to compile, the cache
+// implementation may need to be updated.
+var _ user.Info = (interface {
+	GetName() string
+	GetUID() string
+	GetGroups() []string
+	GetExtra() map[string][]string
+})(nil)
+
+// Authorize returns an authorization decision by delegating to another Authorizer. If an equivalent
+// check has already been performed, a cached result is returned. Not safe for concurrent use.
+func (ca *cachingAuthorizer) Authorize(ctx context.Context, a authorizer.Attributes) (authorizer.Decision, string, error) {
+	type SerializableAttributes struct {
+		authorizer.AttributesRecord
+		LabelSelector string
+	}
+
+	serializableAttributes := SerializableAttributes{
+		AttributesRecord: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+			Verb:            a.GetVerb(),
+			Namespace:       a.GetNamespace(),
+			APIGroup:        a.GetAPIGroup(),
+			APIVersion:      a.GetAPIVersion(),
+			Resource:        a.GetResource(),
+			Subresource:     a.GetSubresource(),
+			Name:            a.GetName(),
+			ResourceRequest: a.IsResourceRequest(),
+			Path:            a.GetPath(),
+		},
+	}
+	// in the error case, we won't honor this field selector, so the cache doesn't need it.
+	if fieldSelector, err := a.GetFieldSelector(); len(fieldSelector) > 0 {
+		serializableAttributes.FieldSelectorRequirements, serializableAttributes.FieldSelectorParsingErr = fieldSelector, err
+	}
+	if labelSelector, _ := a.GetLabelSelector(); len(labelSelector) > 0 {
+		// the labels requirements have private elements so those don't help us serialize to a unique key
+		serializableAttributes.LabelSelector = labelSelector.String()
+	}
+
+	if u := a.GetUser(); u != nil {
+		di := &user.DefaultInfo{
+			Name: u.GetName(),
+			UID:  u.GetUID(),
+		}
+
+		// Differently-ordered groups or extras could cause otherwise-equivalent checks to
+		// have distinct cache keys.
+		if groups := u.GetGroups(); len(groups) > 0 {
+			di.Groups = make([]string, len(groups))
+			copy(di.Groups, groups)
+			sort.Strings(di.Groups)
+		}
+
+		if extra := u.GetExtra(); len(extra) > 0 {
+			di.Extra = make(map[string][]string, len(extra))
+			for k, vs := range extra {
+				vdupe := make([]string, len(vs))
+				copy(vdupe, vs)
+				sort.Strings(vdupe)
+				di.Extra[k] = vdupe
+			}
+		}
+
+		serializableAttributes.User = di
+	}
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	if err := json.NewEncoder(&b).Encode(serializableAttributes); err != nil {
+		return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", err
+	}
+	key := b.String()
+
+	if cached, ok := ca.decisions[key]; ok {
+		return cached.authorized, cached.reason, cached.err
+	}
+
+	authorized, reason, err := ca.authorizer.Authorize(ctx, a)
+
+	ca.decisions[key] = authzResult{
+		authorized: authorized,
+		reason:     reason,
+		err:        err,
+	}
+
+	return authorized, reason, err
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/authorizer/caching_authorizer_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/authorizer/caching_authorizer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78779c7aa69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/authorizer/caching_authorizer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,523 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package authorizer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+	genericfeatures "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
+	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
+)
+
+func mustParseLabelSelector(str string) labels.Requirements {
+	ret, err := labels.Parse(str)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	retRequirements, _ /*selectable*/ := ret.Requirements()
+	return retRequirements
+}
+
+func TestCachingAuthorizer(t *testing.T) {
+	featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, genericfeatures.AuthorizeWithSelectors, true)
+
+	type result struct {
+		decision authorizer.Decision
+		reason   string
+		error    error
+	}
+
+	type invocation struct {
+		attributes authorizer.Attributes
+		expected   result
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name    string
+		calls   []invocation
+		backend []result
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "hit",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{Name: "test name"},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{Name: "test name"},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "hit with differently-ordered groups",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						User: &user.DefaultInfo{
+							Groups: []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+						},
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						User: &user.DefaultInfo{
+							Groups: []string{"c", "b", "a"},
+						},
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "hit with differently-ordered extra",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						User: &user.DefaultInfo{
+							Extra: map[string][]string{
+								"k": {"a", "b", "c"},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						User: &user.DefaultInfo{
+							Extra: map[string][]string{
+								"k": {"c", "b", "a"},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "miss due to different name",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{Name: "alpha"},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason alpha",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error alpha"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{Name: "beta"},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionDeny,
+						reason:   "test reason beta",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error beta"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason alpha",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error alpha"),
+				},
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionDeny,
+					reason:   "test reason beta",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error beta"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "miss due to different user",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						User: &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "alpha"},
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason alpha",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error alpha"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						User: &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "beta"},
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionDeny,
+						reason:   "test reason beta",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error beta"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason alpha",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error alpha"),
+				},
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionDeny,
+					reason:   "test reason beta",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error beta"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "honor good field selector",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                      "test name",
+						FieldSelectorRequirements: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("foo=bar").Requirements(),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name: "test name",
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason 2",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error 2"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					// now this should be cached
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                      "test name",
+						FieldSelectorRequirements: fields.ParseSelectorOrDie("foo=bar").Requirements(),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason 2",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error 2"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ignore malformed field selector first",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                    "test name",
+						FieldSelectorParsingErr: errors.New("malformed"),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					// notice that this does not have the malformed field selector.
+					// it should use the cached result
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name: "test name",
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ignore malformed field selector second",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name: "test name",
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					// this should use the broader cached value because the selector will be ignored
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                    "test name",
+						FieldSelectorParsingErr: errors.New("malformed"),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+
+		{
+			name: "honor good label selector",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                      "test name",
+						LabelSelectorRequirements: mustParseLabelSelector("foo=bar"),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name: "test name",
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason 2",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error 2"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					// now this should be cached
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                      "test name",
+						LabelSelectorRequirements: mustParseLabelSelector("foo=bar"),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                      "test name",
+						LabelSelectorRequirements: mustParseLabelSelector("diff=zero"),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason 3",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error 3"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason 2",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error 2"),
+				},
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason 3",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error 3"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ignore malformed label selector first",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                    "test name",
+						LabelSelectorParsingErr: errors.New("malformed mess"),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					// notice that this does not have the malformed field selector.
+					// it should use the cached result
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name: "test name",
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ignore malformed label selector second",
+			calls: []invocation{
+				{
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name: "test name",
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					// this should use the broader cached value because the selector will be ignored
+					attributes: authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+						Name:                    "test name",
+						LabelSelectorParsingErr: errors.New("malformed mess"),
+					},
+					expected: result{
+						decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+						reason:   "test reason",
+						error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			backend: []result{
+				{
+					decision: authorizer.DecisionAllow,
+					reason:   "test reason",
+					error:    fmt.Errorf("test error"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var misses int
+			frontend := NewCachingAuthorizer(func() authorizer.Authorizer {
+				return authorizer.AuthorizerFunc(func(_ context.Context, attributes authorizer.Attributes) (authorizer.Decision, string, error) {
+					if misses >= len(tc.backend) {
+						t.Fatalf("got more than expected %d backend invocations", len(tc.backend))
+					}
+					result := tc.backend[misses]
+					misses++
+					return result.decision, result.reason, result.error
+				})
+			}())
+
+			for i, invocation := range tc.calls {
+				decision, reason, err := frontend.Authorize(context.TODO(), invocation.attributes)
+				if decision != invocation.expected.decision {
+					t.Errorf("(call %d of %d) expected decision %v, got %v", i+1, len(tc.calls), invocation.expected.decision, decision)
+				}
+				if reason != invocation.expected.reason {
+					t.Errorf("(call %d of %d) expected reason %q, got %q", i+1, len(tc.calls), invocation.expected.reason, reason)
+				}
+				if err.Error() != invocation.expected.error.Error() {
+					t.Errorf("(call %d of %d) expected error %q, got %q", i+1, len(tc.calls), invocation.expected.error.Error(), err.Error())
+				}
+			}
+
+			if len(tc.backend) > misses {
+				t.Errorf("expected %d backend invocations, got %d", len(tc.backend), misses)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}