diff --git a/.openshift-tests-extension/openshift_payload_cluster-version-operator.json b/.openshift-tests-extension/openshift_payload_cluster-version-operator.json
index 64960e141..e645a7a50 100644
--- a/.openshift-tests-extension/openshift_payload_cluster-version-operator.json
+++ b/.openshift-tests-extension/openshift_payload_cluster-version-operator.json
@@ -8,5 +8,15 @@
     "source": "openshift:payload:cluster-version-operator",
     "lifecycle": "blocking",
     "environmentSelector": {}
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "[Jira:\"Cluster Version Operator\"] cluster-version-operator-tests with cluster access should have correct runlevel and scc",
+    "labels": {},
+    "resources": {
+      "isolation": {}
+    },
+    "source": "openshift:payload:cluster-version-operator",
+    "lifecycle": "blocking",
+    "environmentSelector": {}
   }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/cvo/cvo.go b/test/cvo/cvo.go
index 124f13e81..5bf3f3e1c 100644
--- a/test/cvo/cvo.go
+++ b/test/cvo/cvo.go
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 package cvo
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -9,4 +17,57 @@ var _ = Describe(`[Jira:"Cluster Version Operator"] cluster-version-operator-tes
 	It("should support passing tests", func() {
 		Expect(true).To(BeTrue())
 	})
+
+	Context("with cluster access", func() {
+		const cvoNamespace = "openshift-cluster-version"
+		var (
+			restCfg    *rest.Config
+			kubeClient kubernetes.Interface
+		)
+
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			var err error
+
+			// Respects KUBECONFIG env var
+			loadingRules := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()
+			cfg := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(loadingRules, &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{})
+			restCfg, err = cfg.ClientConfig()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to load Kubernetes configuration. Please ensure KUBECONFIG environment variable is set.")
+
+			kubeClient, err = kubernetes.NewForConfig(restCfg)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create Kubernetes client")
+		})
+
+		// Migrated from case NonHyperShiftHOST-Author:jiajliu-Low-46922-check runlevel and scc in cvo ns
+		// Refer to https://github.com/openshift/openshift-tests-private/blob/master/test/extended/ota/cvo/cvo.go#L1081
+		It("should have correct runlevel and scc", func() {
+			ctx := context.Background()
+
+			// Skip the test on HyperShift since CVO runs in management cluster instead of hosted cluster
+			_, err := kubeClient.AppsV1().Deployments(cvoNamespace).Get(ctx, "cluster-version-operator", metav1.GetOptions{})
+			if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				Skip("Skipping test: CVO deployment not found in hypershift hosted cluster!")
+			}
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to get CVO deployment")
+
+			By("Check runlevel in cvo namespace.")
+			ns, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(ctx, cvoNamespace, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to get namespace %s", cvoNamespace)
+
+			runLevel := ns.ObjectMeta.Labels["openshift.io/run-level"]
+			Expect(runLevel).To(Equal(""), "Expected 'openshift.io/run-level' label to be empty, but got %s", runLevel)
+
+			By("Check scc of cvo pod.")
+			podList, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(cvoNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: "k8s-app=cluster-version-operator",
+				FieldSelector: "status.phase=Running",
+			})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to list running CVO pods")
+			Expect(podList.Items).To(HaveLen(1), "Expected exactly one running CVO pod, but found: %d", len(podList.Items))
+
+			cvoPod := podList.Items[0]
+			sccAnnotation := cvoPod.ObjectMeta.Annotations["openshift.io/scc"]
+			Expect(sccAnnotation).To(Equal("hostaccess"), "Expected SCC for pod %s to be 'hostaccess', but got %s", cvoPod.Name, sccAnnotation)
+		})
+	})
 })