diff --git a/src/services/item/item.controller.ts b/src/services/item/item.controller.ts
index 4fcaf5b70..228c4514c 100644
--- a/src/services/item/item.controller.ts
+++ b/src/services/item/item.controller.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ const plugin: FastifyPluginAsyncTypebox = async (fastify) => {
       );
 
       // remap to discriminated packed items
-      const packedItems = await itemWrapperService.createPackedItems(db, result.data);
+      const packedItems = await itemWrapperService.createPackedItems(db, member, result.data);
       return { ...result, data: packedItems };
     },
   );
diff --git a/src/services/item/packedItem.dto.spec.ts b/src/services/item/packedItem.dto.spec.ts
index de9ea804e..a045e0441 100644
--- a/src/services/item/packedItem.dto.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/item/packedItem.dto.spec.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ describe('PackedItemService', () => {
         itemThumbnailService,
       ).createPackedItems(
         MOCK_DB,
+        actor,
         items.map((i) => ({ ...resolveItemType(i), creator: actor })),
         resultOfMemberships,
       );
@@ -104,5 +105,62 @@ describe('PackedItemService', () => {
       // should return parent visibility, not item visibility
       expect(packedItems[1].hidden!.id).toEqual(itemVisibilities[1].id);
     });
+
+    it('Return the permission for the current user', async () => {
+      const MOCK_DB = {} as DBConnection;
+      const { actor, items, itemMemberships } = await seedFromJson({
+        items: [
+          {
+            memberships: [
+              { account: { name: 'toto' }, permission: 'admin' },
+              { account: 'actor', permission: 'read' },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      assertIsDefined(actor);
+      assertIsMemberForTest(actor);
+
+      const itemVisibilityRepository = {
+        getForManyItems: vi.fn(),
+      } as unknown as ItemVisibilityRepository;
+      vi.spyOn(itemVisibilityRepository, 'getForManyItems').mockImplementation(async () => ({
+        data: {
+          [items[0].id]: [],
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        } as any,
+        errors: [],
+      }));
+
+      const resultOfMemberships = {
+        data: {
+          [items[0].id]: [itemMemberships[0], itemMemberships[1]],
+        },
+        errors: [],
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      } as any;
+      const itemMembershipRepository = {
+        getForManyItems: vi.fn(),
+      } as unknown as ItemMembershipRepository;
+      vi.spyOn(itemMembershipRepository, 'getForManyItems').mockImplementation(
+        async () => resultOfMemberships,
+      );
+
+      const itemThumbnailService = { getUrlsByItems: vi.fn() } as unknown as ItemThumbnailService;
+      vi.spyOn(itemThumbnailService, 'getUrlsByItems').mockImplementation(async () => ({}));
+
+      const packedItems = await new PackedItemService(
+        itemVisibilityRepository,
+        itemMembershipRepository,
+        itemThumbnailService,
+      ).createPackedItems(
+        MOCK_DB,
+        actor,
+        items.map((i) => ({ ...resolveItemType(i), creator: actor })),
+        resultOfMemberships,
+      );
+
+      expect(packedItems[0].permission).toEqual('read');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/services/item/packedItem.dto.ts b/src/services/item/packedItem.dto.ts
index 15a638067..80160b42e 100644
--- a/src/services/item/packedItem.dto.ts
+++ b/src/services/item/packedItem.dto.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
   ItemWithCreator,
   MinimalAccount,
 } from '../../drizzle/types';
+import { MaybeUser } from '../../types';
 import { ItemMembershipRepository } from '../itemMembership/membership.repository';
 import { Item, resolveItemType } from './item';
 import { ItemVisibilityRepository } from './plugins/itemVisibility/itemVisibility.repository';
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ export class PackedItemService {
 
   async createPackedItems(
     dbConnection: DBConnection,
+    currentAccount: MaybeUser,
     items: ItemWithCreator[],
     memberships?: ResultOf<ItemMembershipRaw[]>,
   ): Promise<PackedItem[]> {
@@ -140,11 +142,14 @@ export class PackedItemService {
 
     const m =
       memberships ?? (await this.itemMembershipRepository.getForManyItems(dbConnection, items));
-
     const itemsThumbnails = await this.itemThumbnailService.getUrlsByItems(items);
 
     return items.map((item) => {
-      const permission = m.data[item.id][0]?.permission;
+      // get the permission for the current user
+      const itemMemberships = m.data[item.id];
+      const permission =
+        itemMemberships.find((membership) => membership.accountId === currentAccount?.id)
+          ?.permission ?? null;
       const thumbnails = itemsThumbnails[item.id];
 
       // sort visibilities to retrieve the most restrictive (highest) visibility first
diff --git a/src/services/item/plugins/publication/published/itemPublished.controller.test.ts b/src/services/item/plugins/publication/published/itemPublished.controller.test.ts
index 68f2efcb7..152058b34 100644
--- a/src/services/item/plugins/publication/published/itemPublished.controller.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/item/plugins/publication/published/itemPublished.controller.test.ts
@@ -182,9 +182,7 @@ describe('Item Published', () => {
         expect(res.statusCode).toBe(StatusCodes.OK);
         expectManyPackedItems(
           res.json(),
-          items.map((i) =>
-            new PackedItemDTO({ ...i, creator: member }, { permission: 'admin' }).packed(),
-          ),
+          items.map((i) => new PackedItemDTO({ ...i, creator: member }, null).packed()),
           undefined,
           undefined,
           itemVisibilities,
@@ -231,9 +229,7 @@ describe('Item Published', () => {
         expect(res.statusCode).toBe(StatusCodes.OK);
         expectManyPackedItems(
           res.json(),
-          items.map((i) =>
-            new PackedItemDTO({ ...i, creator: member }, { permission: 'admin' }).packed(),
-          ),
+          items.map((i) => new PackedItemDTO({ ...i, creator: member }, null).packed()),
           member,
           undefined,
           itemVisibilities,
diff --git a/src/services/item/plugins/publication/published/itemPublished.service.ts b/src/services/item/plugins/publication/published/itemPublished.service.ts
index 8237ae839..d8978e296 100644
--- a/src/services/item/plugins/publication/published/itemPublished.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/item/plugins/publication/published/itemPublished.service.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class ItemPublishedService {
   async getItemsForMember(dbConnection: DBConnection, actor: MaybeUser, memberId: UUID) {
     const items = await this.itemRepository.getPublishedItemsForMember(dbConnection, memberId);
 
-    return this.itemWrapperService.createPackedItems(dbConnection, items);
+    return this.itemWrapperService.createPackedItems(dbConnection, actor, items);
   }
 
   async getRecentItems(dbConnection: DBConnection, actor: MaybeUser, limit?: number) {