Bug in category Group access

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When I restrict a category to be accessed by "Customer" only, then direct access to that category is disabled for Guests and Visitors, but the products from it show in all parent category product lists.

E.g.: I have the main Category "Clothes" and inside it I have a subcategory "Fancy clothes" and within it "Adults Only". Now, I restrict Group access to "Customer" for the "Adults Only" category, but the products still show in the listings of "Home", "Clothes" and "Fancy clothes" categories.

This behaviour beats the purpose of category restriction, since it allows all visitors to view and buy products from the restricted category.

PS: 1.7.7.2
PHP version: 7.3.27
MySQL version: 5.7.32