diff --git a/pkg/util/attributes/parser.go b/pkg/util/attributes/parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04aecaf0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/attributes/parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package attributes
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/netmap"
+)
+
+const (
+	pairSeparator     = "/"
+	keyValueSeparator = ":"
+)
+
+var (
+	errEmptyChain      = errors.New("empty attribute chain")
+	errNonUniqueBucket = errors.New("attributes must contain unique keys")
+	errUnexpectedKey   = errors.New("attributes contain unexpected key")
+)
+
+// ParseV2Attributes parses strings like "K1:V1/K2:V2/K3:V3" into netmap
+// attributes.
+func ParseV2Attributes(attrs []string, excl []string) ([]*netmap.Attribute, error) {
+	restricted := make(map[string]struct{}, len(excl))
+	for i := range excl {
+		restricted[excl[i]] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	cache := make(map[string]*netmap.Attribute, len(attrs))
+
+	for i := range attrs {
+		line := strings.Trim(attrs[i], pairSeparator)
+		chain := strings.Split(line, pairSeparator)
+		if len(chain) == 0 {
+			return nil, errEmptyChain
+		}
+
+		var parentKey string // backtrack parents in next pairs
+
+		for j := range chain {
+			pair := strings.Split(chain[j], keyValueSeparator)
+			if len(pair) != 2 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("incorrect attribute pair %s", chain[j])
+			}
+
+			key := pair[0]
+			value := pair[1]
+
+			if at, ok := cache[key]; ok && at.GetValue() != value {
+				return nil, errNonUniqueBucket
+			}
+
+			if _, ok := restricted[key]; ok {
+				return nil, errUnexpectedKey
+			}
+
+			attribute := new(netmap.Attribute)
+			attribute.SetKey(key)
+			attribute.SetValue(value)
+
+			if parentKey != "" {
+				attribute.SetParents([]string{parentKey})
+			}
+
+			parentKey = key
+			cache[key] = attribute
+		}
+	}
+
+	result := make([]*netmap.Attribute, 0, len(cache))
+	for _, v := range cache {
+		result = append(result, v)
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/attributes/parser_test.go b/pkg/util/attributes/parser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b789cc385a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/attributes/parser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package attributes_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/util/attributes"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestParseV2Attributes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		attrs, err := attributes.ParseV2Attributes(nil, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, attrs, 0)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non unique bucket keys", func(t *testing.T) {
+		good := []string{
+			"StorageType:HDD/RPM:7200",
+			"StorageType:HDD/SMR:True",
+		}
+		_, err := attributes.ParseV2Attributes(good, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		bad := append(good, "StorageType:SSD/Cell:QLC")
+		_, err = attributes.ParseV2Attributes(bad, nil)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+
+	})
+
+	t.Run("malformed", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := attributes.ParseV2Attributes([]string{"..."}, nil)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+
+		_, err = attributes.ParseV2Attributes([]string{"a:b", ""}, nil)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+
+		_, err = attributes.ParseV2Attributes([]string{"//"}, nil)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unexpected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		unexpectedBucket := []string{
+			"Location:Europe/City:Moscow",
+			"Price:100",
+		}
+		_, err := attributes.ParseV2Attributes(unexpectedBucket, []string{"Price"})
+		require.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("correct", func(t *testing.T) {
+		from := []string{
+			"/Location:Europe/Country:Sweden/City:Stockholm",
+			"/StorageType:HDD/RPM:7200",
+		}
+		attrs, err := attributes.ParseV2Attributes(from, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, attrs, 5)
+	})
+}