diff --git a/tests/cacl/test_control_plane_acl.py b/tests/cacl/test_control_plane_acl.py
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+import pytest
+
+pytestmark = [
+    pytest.mark.disable_loganalyzer  # disable automatic loganalyzer globally
+]
+
+SONIC_SSH_PORT  = 22
+SONIC_SSH_REGEX = 'OpenSSH_[\\w\\.]+ Debian'
+
+
+def test_control_plane_acls(duthost, localhost, testbed_devices, creds):
+    """Test control plane ACL functionality on a SONiC device
+    """
+    dut_mgmt_ip = duthost.setup()['ansible_facts']['ansible_eth0']['ipv4']['address']
+
+    # Ensure we can gather basic SNMP facts from the device
+    res = localhost.snmp_facts(host=dut_mgmt_ip, version='v2c', community=creds['snmp_rocommunity'])
+
+    if 'ansible_facts' not in res:
+        pytest.fail("Failed to retrieve SNMP facts from DuT!")
+
+    # Copy config_service_acls.sh to the DuT (this also implicitly verifies we can successfully SSH to the DuT)
+    duthost.copy(src="scripts/config_service_acls.sh", dest="/tmp/config_service_acls.sh", mode="0755")
+
+    # We run the config_service_acls.sh script in the background because it
+    # will install ACL rules which will only allow control plane traffic
+    # to an unused IP range. Thus, if it works properly, it will sever our
+    # SSH session, but we don't want the script itself to get killed,
+    # because it is also responsible for resetting the control plane ACLs
+    # back to their previous, working state
+    duthost.shell("nohup /tmp/config_service_acls.sh < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 &")
+
+    # Wait until we are unable to SSH into the DuT
+    res = localhost.wait_for(host=dut_mgmt_ip,
+                             port=SONIC_SSH_PORT,
+                             state='stopped',
+                             search_regex=SONIC_SSH_REGEX,
+                             delay=0,
+                             timeout=10)
+
+    if "failed" in res.get('msg', ''):
+        pytest.fail("SSH connection did not get severed")
+
+    # Try to SSH back into the DuT, it should time out
+    res = localhost.wait_for(host=dut_mgmt_ip,
+                             port=SONIC_SSH_PORT,
+                             state='started',
+                             search_regex=SONIC_SSH_REGEX,
+                             delay=0,
+                             timeout=10)
+
+    if "Timeout when waiting for search string" not in res.get('msg', ''):
+        pytest.fail("SSH did not time out when expected")
+
+    # Ensure we CANNOT gather basic SNMP facts from the device
+    res = localhost.snmp_facts(host=dut_mgmt_ip, version='v2c', community=creds['snmp_rocommunity'])
+
+    if 'ansible_facts' in res or "No SNMP response received before timeout" not in res.get('msg', ''):
+        pytest.fail("SNMP did not time out when expected")
+
+
+    # Wait until the original service ACLs are reinstated and the SSH port on the
+    # DUT is open to us once again. Note that the timeout here should be set sufficiently
+    # long enough to allow config_service_acls.sh to reset the ACLs to their original
+    # configuration.
+    res = localhost.wait_for(host=dut_mgmt_ip,
+                             port=SONIC_SSH_PORT,
+                             state='started',
+                             search_regex=SONIC_SSH_REGEX,
+                             delay=0,
+                             timeout=90)
+
+    if "Timeout when waiting for search string" in res.get('msg', ''):
+        pytest.fail("SSH did not start working when expected")
+
+    # Delete config_service_acls.sh from the DuT
+    duthost.file(path="/tmp/config_service_acls.sh", state="absent")
+
+    # Ensure we can gather basic SNMP facts from the device once again
+    res = localhost.snmp_facts(host=dut_mgmt_ip, version='v2c', community=creds['snmp_rocommunity'])
+
+    if 'ansible_facts' not in res:
+        pytest.fail("Failed to retrieve SNMP facts from DuT!")
diff --git a/tests/scripts/config_service_acls.sh b/tests/scripts/config_service_acls.sh
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+../../ansible/roles/test/files/helpers/config_service_acls.sh
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