diff --git a/docs/docs/events/builtin/extra/chmod_common.md b/docs/docs/events/builtin/extra/chmod_common.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..324320987f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docs/events/builtin/extra/chmod_common.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# chmod_common
+
+## Intro
+
+chmod_common - An event capturing changes to access permissions of files and directories.
+
+## Description
+
+This event captures any changes to the current working directory (typically by using the `chmod` and similar syscalls).
+
+## Arguments
+
+* `pathname`:`const char*`[K] - path of the file or directory
+* `mode`:`mode_t`[K] - the mode to apply to the file or directory
+
+## Hooks
+
+### chmod_common
+
+#### Type
+
+kprobe
+
+#### Purpose
+
+Catch access permissions changes of files and directories.
+
+## Example Use Case
+
+## Issues
+
+## Related Events
+
+`chmod`, `fchmod`, `fchmodat`
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index b041d8d334e1..d3d2e1692123 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ nav:
                             - security_path_notify: docs/events/builtin/extra/security_path_notify.md
                             - set_fs_pwd: docs/events/builtin/extra/set_fs_pwd.md
                             - tracee_info: docs/events/builtin/extra/tracee_info.md
+                            - chmod_common: docs/events/builtin/extra/chmod_common.md
                       - Syscalls:
                             - Overview: docs/events/builtin/syscalls/index.md
                             - syscalls:
diff --git a/pkg/ebpf/c/tracee.bpf.c b/pkg/ebpf/c/tracee.bpf.c
index 112b44d9bb10..36c88fad8021 100644
--- a/pkg/ebpf/c/tracee.bpf.c
+++ b/pkg/ebpf/c/tracee.bpf.c
@@ -2500,14 +2500,14 @@ int BPF_KPROBE(trace_debugfs_create_file)
         return 0;
 
     char *name = (char *) PT_REGS_PARM1(ctx);
-    mode_t mode = (unsigned short) PT_REGS_PARM2(ctx);
+    umode_t mode = (unsigned short) PT_REGS_PARM2(ctx);
     struct dentry *dentry = (struct dentry *) PT_REGS_PARM3(ctx);
     void *dentry_path = get_dentry_path_str(dentry);
     unsigned long proc_ops_addr = (unsigned long) PT_REGS_PARM5(ctx);
 
     save_str_to_buf(&p.event->args_buf, name, 0);
     save_str_to_buf(&p.event->args_buf, dentry_path, 1);
-    save_to_submit_buf(&p.event->args_buf, &mode, sizeof(mode_t), 2);
+    save_to_submit_buf(&p.event->args_buf, &mode, sizeof(umode_t), 2);
     save_to_submit_buf(&p.event->args_buf, (void *) &proc_ops_addr, sizeof(u64), 3);
 
     return events_perf_submit(&p, 0);
@@ -5161,6 +5161,26 @@ int BPF_KPROBE(trace_security_settime64)
     return events_perf_submit(&p, 0);
 }
 
+SEC("kprobe/chmod_common")
+int BPF_KPROBE(trace_chmod_common)
+{
+    program_data_t p = {};
+    if (!init_program_data(&p, ctx, CHMOD_COMMON))
+        return 0;
+
+    if (!evaluate_scope_filters(&p))
+        return 0;
+
+    struct path *path = (struct path *) PT_REGS_PARM1(ctx);
+    umode_t mode = PT_REGS_PARM2(ctx);
+    void *file_path = get_path_str(path);
+
+    save_str_to_buf(&p.event->args_buf, file_path, 0);
+    save_to_submit_buf(&p.event->args_buf, &mode, sizeof(umode_t), 1);
+
+    return events_perf_submit(&p, 0);
+}
+
 // clang-format off
 
 // Network Packets (works from ~5.2 and beyond)
diff --git a/pkg/ebpf/c/types.h b/pkg/ebpf/c/types.h
index b6ee3df138f4..b6822b92add6 100644
--- a/pkg/ebpf/c/types.h
+++ b/pkg/ebpf/c/types.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ enum event_id_e
     PROCESS_EXECUTE_FAILED_INTERNAL,
     SECURITY_TASK_SETRLIMIT,
     SECURITY_SETTIME64,
+    CHMOD_COMMON,
     MAX_EVENT_ID,
     NO_EVENT_SUBMIT,
 
diff --git a/pkg/ebpf/probes/probe_group.go b/pkg/ebpf/probes/probe_group.go
index 7e3e57329d3b..4578f319571c 100644
--- a/pkg/ebpf/probes/probe_group.go
+++ b/pkg/ebpf/probes/probe_group.go
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ func NewDefaultProbeGroup(module *bpf.Module, netEnabled bool) (*ProbeGroup, err
 		Dup2Ret:                    NewTraceProbe(SyscallExit, "dup2", "trace_ret_dup2"),
 		Dup3:                       NewTraceProbe(SyscallEnter, "dup3", "trace_dup3"),
 		Dup3Ret:                    NewTraceProbe(SyscallExit, "dup3", "trace_ret_dup3"),
+		ChmodCommon:                NewTraceProbe(KProbe, "chmod_common", "trace_chmod_common"),
 
 		TestUnavailableHook: NewTraceProbe(KProbe, "non_existing_func", "empty_kprobe"),
 		ExecTest:            NewTraceProbe(RawTracepoint, "raw_syscalls:sched_process_exec", "tracepoint__exec_test"),
diff --git a/pkg/ebpf/probes/probes.go b/pkg/ebpf/probes/probes.go
index bdf5ae6525b8..85ed9376b6d7 100644
--- a/pkg/ebpf/probes/probes.go
+++ b/pkg/ebpf/probes/probes.go
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ const (
 	Dup2Ret
 	Dup3
 	Dup3Ret
+	ChmodCommon
 )
 
 // Test probe handles
diff --git a/pkg/events/core.go b/pkg/events/core.go
index e7b2e60cfe4c..8e8c59ad8509 100644
--- a/pkg/events/core.go
+++ b/pkg/events/core.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ const (
 	ProcessExecuteFailedInternal
 	SecurityTaskSetrlimit
 	SecuritySettime64
+	ChmodCommon
 	MaxCommonID
 )
 
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
 			{Type: "int", Name: "flags"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
 			probes: []Probe{
@@ -2241,7 +2242,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		sets:    []string{"syscalls", "fs", "fs_dir_ops"},
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
 			probes: []Probe{
@@ -2288,7 +2289,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		sets:    []string{"default", "syscalls", "fs", "fs_file_ops"},
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
 			probes: []Probe{
@@ -2408,7 +2409,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		sets:    []string{"default", "syscalls", "fs", "fs_file_attr"},
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
 			probes: []Probe{
@@ -2432,7 +2433,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		sets:    []string{"default", "syscalls", "fs", "fs_file_attr"},
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "int", Name: "fd"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
 			probes: []Probe{
@@ -3417,7 +3418,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		sets:    []string{"syscalls", "fs", "fs_file_ops"},
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 			{Type: "dev_t", Name: "dev"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
@@ -5980,7 +5981,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "name"},
 			{Type: "int", Name: "oflag"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 			{Type: "struct mq_attr*", Name: "attr"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
@@ -6411,7 +6412,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 			{Type: "int", Name: "dirfd"},
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
 			{Type: "int", Name: "flags"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
 			probes: []Probe{
@@ -6436,7 +6437,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "int", Name: "dirfd"},
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
 			probes: []Probe{
@@ -6461,7 +6462,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "int", Name: "dirfd"},
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 			{Type: "dev_t", Name: "dev"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
@@ -6694,7 +6695,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "int", Name: "dirfd"},
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 			{Type: "int", Name: "flags"},
 		},
 		dependencies: Dependencies{
@@ -12065,7 +12066,7 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "file_name"},
 			{Type: "const char*", Name: "path"},
-			{Type: "mode_t", Name: "mode"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
 			{Type: "void*", Name: "proc_ops_addr"},
 		},
 	},
@@ -13042,6 +13043,23 @@ var CoreEvents = map[ID]Definition{
 			{Type: "int", Name: "tz_dsttime"},
 		},
 	},
+	ChmodCommon: {
+		id:      ChmodCommon,
+		id32Bit: Sys32Undefined,
+		name:    "chmod_common",
+		version: NewVersion(1, 0, 0),
+		syscall: true,
+		sets:    []string{},
+		params: []trace.ArgMeta{
+			{Type: "const char*", Name: "pathname"},
+			{Type: "umode_t", Name: "mode"},
+		},
+		dependencies: Dependencies{
+			probes: []Probe{
+				{handle: probes.ChmodCommon, required: true},
+			},
+		},
+	},
 	//
 	// Begin of Signal Events (Control Plane)
 	//
diff --git a/pkg/events/parse_args.go b/pkg/events/parse_args.go
index 5f9f184101d9..61b803c0dc0c 100644
--- a/pkg/events/parse_args.go
+++ b/pkg/events/parse_args.go
@@ -133,13 +133,7 @@ func ParseArgs(event *trace.Event) error {
 				parseOpenFlagArgument(flagsArg, uint64(flags))
 			}
 		}
-	case Mknod, Mknodat, Chmod, Fchmod, Fchmodat:
-		if modeArg := GetArg(event, "mode"); modeArg != nil {
-			if mode, isUint32 := modeArg.Value.(uint32); isUint32 {
-				parseInodeMode(modeArg, uint64(mode))
-			}
-		}
-	case SecurityInodeMknod:
+	case Mknod, Mknodat, SecurityInodeMknod, Chmod, Fchmod, Fchmodat, ChmodCommon:
 		if modeArg := GetArg(event, "mode"); modeArg != nil {
 			if mode, isUint16 := modeArg.Value.(uint16); isUint16 {
 				parseInodeMode(modeArg, uint64(mode))
diff --git a/tests/integration/event_filters_test.go b/tests/integration/event_filters_test.go
index e3e9868ea25f..ad58108213ac 100644
--- a/tests/integration/event_filters_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/event_filters_test.go
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ func Test_EventFilters(t *testing.T) {
 						expectEvent(anyHost, "fakeprog1", testutils.CPUForTests, anyPID, 0, events.Openat, orPolNames("comm-event-data-64"), orPolIDs(64),
 							expectArg("dirfd", int32(0)),
 							expectArg("flags", int32(0)),
-							expectArg("mode", uint32(0)),
+							expectArg("mode", uint16(0)),
 						),
 					},
 					[]string{},
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ func Test_EventFilters(t *testing.T) {
 					[]trace.Event{
 						expectEvent(anyHost, "fakeprog2", testutils.CPUForTests, anyPID, 0, events.Open, orPolNames("comm-event-data-42"), orPolIDs(42),
 							expectArg("flags", int32(0)),
-							expectArg("mode", uint32(0)),
+							expectArg("mode", uint16(0)),
 						),
 					},
 					[]string{},
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ func Test_EventFilters(t *testing.T) {
 						expectEvent(anyHost, "fakeprog1", testutils.CPUForTests, anyPID, 0, events.Openat, orPolNames("comm-event-retval-64"), orPolIDs(64),
 							expectArg("dirfd", int32(0)),
 							expectArg("flags", int32(0)),
-							expectArg("mode", uint32(0)),
+							expectArg("mode", uint16(0)),
 						),
 					},
 					[]string{},