diff --git a/src/documents/permissions.py b/src/documents/permissions.py
index d297c43744..9a48e3a809 100644
--- a/src/documents/permissions.py
+++ b/src/documents/permissions.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from guardian.core import ObjectPermissionChecker
 from guardian.models import GroupObjectPermission
 from guardian.models import UserObjectPermission
 from rest_framework.permissions import BasePermission
+from rest_framework.permissions import DjangoModelPermissions
 from rest_framework.permissions import DjangoObjectPermissions
 
 from documents.models import Document
@@ -63,6 +64,17 @@ class PermissionGranteesUpdate(TypedDict, total=False):
 PermissionsSpec: TypeAlias = Mapping[PermissionAction, PermissionGranteesUpdate]
 
 
+class PaperlessModelPermissions(DjangoModelPermissions):
+    """Require basic global model permissions."""
+
+    perms_map = {
+        **DjangoModelPermissions.perms_map,
+        "GET": ["%(app_label)s.view_%(model_name)s"],
+        "OPTIONS": ["%(app_label)s.view_%(model_name)s"],
+        "HEAD": ["%(app_label)s.view_%(model_name)s"],
+    }
+
+
 class PaperlessObjectPermissions(DjangoObjectPermissions):
     """
     A permissions backend that checks for object-level permissions
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api_app_config.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api_app_config.py
index b06c6f67d0..109a196619 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api_app_config.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api_app_config.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from paperless.models import ColorConvertChoices
 from paperless_testing.dirs import DirectoriesMixin
 from paperless_testing.factories import UserFactory
 from paperless_testing.http import read_streaming_response
+from paperless_testing.permissions import grant_global
 
 
 class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
@@ -26,6 +27,67 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         user = UserFactory(username="temp_admin", superuser=True)
         self.client.force_authenticate(user=user)
 
+    def test_api_read_config_requires_view_permission(self) -> None:
+        for permissions in (
+            (),
+            ("change_applicationconfiguration",),
+            ("view_document",),
+        ):
+            user = UserFactory()
+            grant_global(user, *permissions)
+            self.client.force_authenticate(user=user)
+
+            for endpoint in (self.ENDPOINT, f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/"):
+                for method in ("get", "head", "options"):
+                    with self.subTest(
+                        permissions=permissions,
+                        endpoint=endpoint,
+                        method=method,
+                    ):
+                        response = getattr(self.client, method)(endpoint)
+                        self.assertEqual(
+                            response.status_code,
+                            status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+                        )
+
+    def test_api_read_config_with_view_permission(self) -> None:
+        user = UserFactory()
+        grant_global(user, "view_applicationconfiguration")
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=user)
+
+        for endpoint in (self.ENDPOINT, f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/"):
+            for method in ("get", "head", "options"):
+                with self.subTest(endpoint=endpoint, method=method):
+                    response = getattr(self.client, method)(endpoint)
+                    self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+    def test_api_view_config_permission_does_not_allow_writes(self) -> None:
+        user = UserFactory()
+        grant_global(user, "view_applicationconfiguration")
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=user)
+
+        for method in ("put", "patch", "delete"):
+            with self.subTest(method=method):
+                response = getattr(self.client, method)(f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/")
+                self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+
+    def test_api_change_config_permission_allows_updates(self) -> None:
+        user = UserFactory()
+        grant_global(user, "change_applicationconfiguration")
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=user)
+
+        response = self.client.patch(
+            f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/",
+            {"app_title": "Updated title"},
+            format="json",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ApplicationConfiguration.objects.get().app_title,
+            "Updated title",
+        )
+
     def test_api_get_config(self) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
diff --git a/src/paperless/views.py b/src/paperless/views.py
index 62b6242944..cfb1d7ebbb 100644
--- a/src/paperless/views.py
+++ b/src/paperless/views.py
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ from rest_framework.fields import BooleanField
 from rest_framework.filters import OrderingFilter
 from rest_framework.generics import GenericAPIView
 from rest_framework.pagination import PageNumberPagination
-from rest_framework.permissions import DjangoModelPermissions
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.throttling import ScopedRateThrottle
 from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
 
 from documents.models import PaperlessTask
+from documents.permissions import PaperlessModelPermissions
 from documents.permissions import PaperlessObjectPermissions
 from documents.tasks import llmindex_index
 from paperless.filters import GroupFilterSet
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class ApplicationConfigurationViewSet(ModelViewSet[ApplicationConfiguration]):
     queryset = ApplicationConfiguration.objects
 
     serializer_class = ApplicationConfigurationSerializer
-    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated, DjangoModelPermissions)
+    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated, PaperlessModelPermissions)
 
     @extend_schema(exclude=True)
     def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):