diff --git a/common/log/log.go b/common/log/log.go
index 63e7f886..9628066c 100644
--- a/common/log/log.go
+++ b/common/log/log.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func NewDefaultLogger(additionalWriterLogger io.Writer) *zap.Logger {
 		}),
 		zap.ErrorOutput(stderrSink),
 		zap.AddCaller(),
-		zap.AddStacktrace(zapcore.DPanicLevel),
+		zap.AddStacktrace(zapcore.ErrorLevel),
 	)
 	zap.ReplaceGlobals(logger)
 	return logger
diff --git a/common/proto/const.go b/common/proto/const.go
index 3c9ef065..cbb7ce5c 100644
--- a/common/proto/const.go
+++ b/common/proto/const.go
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ const (
 
 	ClientLoginCallbackAddress string = "127.0.0.1:3587"
 
-	ClientVerbConnect = "connect"
-	ClientVerbExec    = "exec"
+	ClientVerbConnect   = "connect"
+	ClientVerbExec      = "exec"
+	ClientVerbPlainExec = "plain-exec"
 
 	SessionPhaseClientConnect       = "client-connect"
 	SessionPhaseClientConnected     = "client-connected"
diff --git a/gateway/api/session/session.go b/gateway/api/session/session.go
index 89dce230..d5377eb5 100644
--- a/gateway/api/session/session.go
+++ b/gateway/api/session/session.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func Post(c *gin.Context) {
 					{0, "e", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(err.Error()))},
 				},
 			}
-			if err = pgsession.New().Upsert(ctx, newSession); err != nil {
+			if err := pgsession.New().Upsert(ctx, newSession); err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("unable to update session, err=%v", err)
 			}
 			c.JSON(http.StatusOK, clientexec.Response{
diff --git a/gateway/clientexec/clientexec.go b/gateway/clientexec/clientexec.go
index 32557415..4f59b02f 100644
--- a/gateway/clientexec/clientexec.go
+++ b/gateway/clientexec/clientexec.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package clientexec
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -26,6 +29,9 @@ var (
 	walLogPath       = filepath.Join(plugintypes.AuditPath, "clientexec")
 	walFolderTmpl    = `%s/%s-%s-wal`
 	maxResponseBytes = sessionwal.DefaultMaxRead
+
+	// PlainExecSecretKey is a key to execute plain executions in the gateway securely by this package
+	PlainExecSecretKey string = generateSecureRandomKeyOrDie()
 )
 
 func init() { _ = os.MkdirAll(walLogPath, 0755) }
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	ConnectionName string
 	BearerToken    string
 	Origin         string
+	Verb           string
 	UserAgent      string
 }
 
@@ -97,10 +104,15 @@ func New(opts *Options) (*clientExec, error) {
 	if opts.SessionID == "" {
 		opts.SessionID = uuid.NewString()
 	}
+
 	if opts.Origin == "" {
 		opts.Origin = pb.ConnectionOriginClientAPI
 	}
 
+	if opts.Verb == "" {
+		opts.Verb = pb.ClientVerbExec
+	}
+
 	folderName := fmt.Sprintf(walFolderTmpl, walLogPath, opts.OrgID, opts.SessionID)
 	wlog, err := wal.Open(folderName, wal.DefaultOptions)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -122,8 +134,9 @@ func New(opts *Options) (*clientExec, error) {
 	},
 		grpc.WithOption(grpc.OptionConnectionName, opts.ConnectionName),
 		grpc.WithOption("origin", opts.Origin),
-		grpc.WithOption("verb", pb.ClientVerbExec),
+		grpc.WithOption("verb", opts.Verb),
 		grpc.WithOption("session-id", opts.SessionID),
+		grpc.WithOption("plain-exec-key", PlainExecSecretKey),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = wlog.Close()
@@ -290,3 +303,16 @@ func (c *clientExec) readAll() ([]byte, bool, error) {
 
 	return stdoutData, isTruncated, nil
 }
+
+func generateSecureRandomKeyOrDie() string {
+	secretRandomBytes := make([]byte, 32)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(secretRandomBytes); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed generating entropy, err=%v", err)
+	}
+	secretKey := base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(secretRandomBytes)
+	h := sha256.New()
+	if _, err := h.Write([]byte(secretKey)); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed hashing secret key, err=%v", err)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil))
+}
diff --git a/gateway/transport/agent.go b/gateway/transport/agent.go
index 46d63942..beecd408 100644
--- a/gateway/transport/agent.go
+++ b/gateway/transport/agent.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func (s *Server) listenAgentMessages(pctx *plugintypes.Context, stream *streamcl
 			OrgID:          pctx.OrgID,
 			SID:            pctx.SID,
 			ConnectionName: proxyStream.PluginContext().ConnectionName,
+			Verb:           proxyStream.PluginContext().ClientVerb,
 		}
 
 		if err := transportext.OnReceive(extContext, pkt); err != nil {
diff --git a/gateway/transport/client.go b/gateway/transport/client.go
index d2b10519..e69050d8 100644
--- a/gateway/transport/client.go
+++ b/gateway/transport/client.go
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ func (s *Server) processClientPacket(stream *streamclient.ProxyStream, pkt *pb.P
 		OrgID:          pctx.OrgID,
 		SID:            pctx.SID,
 		ConnectionName: pctx.ConnectionName,
+		Verb:           pctx.ClientVerb,
 	}
 
 	if err := transportext.OnReceive(extContext, pkt); err != nil {
diff --git a/gateway/transport/extensions/extension.go b/gateway/transport/extensions/extension.go
index c7eef68a..8c8705e6 100644
--- a/gateway/transport/extensions/extension.go
+++ b/gateway/transport/extensions/extension.go
@@ -19,9 +19,14 @@ type Context struct {
 	SID            string
 	OrgID          string
 	ConnectionName string
+	Verb           string
 }
 
 func OnReceive(ctx Context, pkt *proto.Packet) error {
+	if ctx.Verb == proto.ClientVerbPlainExec {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	switch pkt.Type {
 	case pbagent.SessionOpen:
 		conn, err := models.GetConnectionGuardRailRules(ctx.OrgID, ctx.ConnectionName)
diff --git a/gateway/transport/interceptors/auth/auth.go b/gateway/transport/interceptors/auth/auth.go
index 73fdb17a..2e00d08d 100644
--- a/gateway/transport/interceptors/auth/auth.go
+++ b/gateway/transport/interceptors/auth/auth.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package authinterceptor
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	apiconnections "github.com/hoophq/hoop/gateway/api/connections"
 	localauthapi "github.com/hoophq/hoop/gateway/api/localauth"
 	"github.com/hoophq/hoop/gateway/appconfig"
+	"github.com/hoophq/hoop/gateway/clientexec"
 	"github.com/hoophq/hoop/gateway/pgrest"
 	pgagents "github.com/hoophq/hoop/gateway/pgrest/agents"
 	pgorgs "github.com/hoophq/hoop/gateway/pgrest/orgs"
@@ -87,13 +89,23 @@ func (i *interceptor) StreamServerInterceptor(srv any, ss grpc.ServerStream, inf
 	if !ok {
 		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "missing context metadata")
 	}
-	clientOrigin := md.Get("origin")
+	clientOrigin, clientVerb := md.Get("origin"), md.Get("verb")
 	if len(clientOrigin) == 0 {
 		md.Delete("authorization")
 		log.Debugf("client missing origin, client-metadata=%v", md)
 		return status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "missing client origin")
 	}
 
+	if len(clientVerb) > 0 && clientVerb[0] == pb.ClientVerbPlainExec {
+		plainExecKey := md.Get("plain-exec-key")
+		if len(plainExecKey) == 0 || plainExecKey[0] != clientexec.PlainExecSecretKey {
+			errMsg := "failed validating plain execution, plain-exec-key attribute is missing or does not match"
+			log.Error(errMsg)
+			sentry.CaptureException(errors.New(errMsg))
+			return status.Errorf(codes.Unauthenticated, "invalid authentication")
+		}
+	}
+
 	bearerToken, err := parseBearerToken(md)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/gateway/transport/streamclient/pluginruntime.go b/gateway/transport/streamclient/pluginruntime.go
index c83ace73..eab7543e 100644
--- a/gateway/transport/streamclient/pluginruntime.go
+++ b/gateway/transport/streamclient/pluginruntime.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ type runtimePlugin struct {
 
 func loadRuntimePlugins(ctx plugintypes.Context) ([]runtimePlugin, error) {
 	pluginsConfig := make([]runtimePlugin, 0)
+	if ctx.ClientVerb == pb.ClientVerbPlainExec {
+		return pluginsConfig, nil
+	}
 	var nonRegisteredPlugins []string
 	for _, p := range plugintypes.RegisteredPlugins {
 		p1, err := pgplugins.New().FetchOne(ctx, p.Name())