diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/custom_code/sandbox.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/custom_code/sandbox.py
index d5707894a9d..a1f291c0bbc 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/custom_code/sandbox.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/custom_code/sandbox.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ restriction intact.
 
 import ast
 import operator
-from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterable, AsyncIterator, Callable, Mapping
 from types import CodeType
 from typing import Final
 
@@ -48,15 +48,19 @@ class AsyncAwareTransformer(RestrictingNodeTransformer):
     inherited automatically. ``AsyncWith`` gets the same treatment for the same
     reason: ``node_contents_visit`` only recurses into children, so routing it
     there left ``async with x as (a, b)`` without the unpack guard that
-    ``with x as (a, b)`` gets. ``AsyncFor``/``Await`` delegate to
-    ``node_contents_visit`` so their children still get transformed.
+    ``with x as (a, b)`` gets. ``AsyncFor`` likewise delegates to ``visit_For``,
+    which is what wraps the loop iterator in ``_getiter_``. ``Await`` has no
+    synchronous counterpart and only wraps an expression, so it stays on
+    ``node_contents_visit``.
     """
 
     def visit_AsyncFunctionDef(self, node: ast.AsyncFunctionDef) -> ast.AST:
         return self.visit_FunctionDef(node)
 
     def visit_AsyncFor(self, node: ast.AsyncFor) -> ast.AST:
-        return self.node_contents_visit(node)
+        transformed: Final = self.visit_For(node)
+        _use_async_iter_unpack(transformed)
+        return transformed
 
     def visit_AsyncWith(self, node: ast.AsyncWith) -> ast.AST:
         return self.visit_With(node)
@@ -65,6 +69,39 @@ class AsyncAwareTransformer(RestrictingNodeTransformer):
         return self.node_contents_visit(node)
 
 
+_ITER_UNPACK_NAME: Final = "_iter_unpack_sequence_"
+_ASYNC_ITER_UNPACK_NAME: Final = "_aiter_unpack_sequence_"
+
+
+def _use_async_iter_unpack(node: ast.AST) -> None:
+    """Point a transformed ``async for`` at the async unpack guard.
+
+    ``visit_For`` rewrites ``for a, b in x`` into
+    ``for (a, b) in _iter_unpack_sequence_(x, spec, _getiter_)``. That helper is
+    a plain generator, which ``async for`` cannot consume, so the async form
+    needs the async-generator equivalent under its own name.
+    """
+    iter_node: Final = getattr(node, "iter", None)
+    if (
+        isinstance(iter_node, ast.Call)
+        and isinstance(iter_node.func, ast.Name)
+        and iter_node.func.id == _ITER_UNPACK_NAME
+    ):
+        iter_node.func.id = _ASYNC_ITER_UNPACK_NAME
+
+
+async def _aiter_unpack_sequence_(
+    it: object, spec: object, _getiter_: Callable[[object], AsyncIterable[object]]
+) -> AsyncIterator[object]:
+    """``guarded_iter_unpack_sequence`` for ``async for`` targets.
+
+    Same contract as the RestrictedPython helper — guard the iteration, then
+    guard each element's sequence unpacking — over an async iterator.
+    """
+    async for ob in _getiter_(it):
+        yield guarded_unpack_sequence(ob, spec, _getiter_)
+
+
 _INPLACE_OPS: Final[Mapping[str, Callable[[object, object], object]]] = {
     "+=": operator.iadd,
     "-=": operator.isub,
@@ -125,6 +162,7 @@ def build_sandbox_globals() -> dict[str, object]:
         # ships no default. Without it those statements compile and then raise
         # NameError the first time the guardrail runs.
         "_unpack_sequence_": guarded_unpack_sequence,
+        _ASYNC_ITER_UNPACK_NAME: _aiter_unpack_sequence_,
         "_write_": full_write_guard,
         "_inplacevar_": _inplacevar_,
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_custom_code_security.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_custom_code_security.py
index 679c0966828..91bd61f8686 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_custom_code_security.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_custom_code_security.py
@@ -311,3 +311,56 @@ async def test_async_with_still_executes():
         sandbox_globals,
     )
     assert await sandbox_globals["f"](_ACtx((5, 6))) == 11
+
+
+def test_async_for_gets_the_same_guards_as_for():
+    """`async for` is the async spelling of `for`; it must not enforce less."""
+    sync_guards = _guard_names("def f(x):\n    for a in x:\n        pass\n")
+    async_guards = _guard_names("async def f(x):\n    async for a in x:\n        pass\n")
+
+    assert "_getiter_" in sync_guards, "precondition: `for` iteration is guarded"
+    assert sync_guards <= async_guards
+
+
+def test_async_for_unpacking_uses_the_async_unpack_guard():
+    """Tuple targets are guarded too, via the async-iterable variant of the helper."""
+    guards = _guard_names("async def f(x):\n    async for a, b in x:\n        pass\n")
+
+    assert "_aiter_unpack_sequence_" in guards
+    # The sync generator would raise "requires an object with __aiter__".
+    assert "_iter_unpack_sequence_" not in guards
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("body", "items", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("    async for i in src:\n        out.append(i)\n", [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3]),
+        ("    async for a, b in src:\n        out.append(a + b)\n", [(1, 2), (3, 4)], [3, 7]),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_async_for_still_executes(body: str, items: list, expected: list):
+    """Guarding `async for` must not break it, with or without a tuple target."""
+    from litellm.proxy.guardrails.guardrail_hooks.custom_code.sandbox import (
+        build_sandbox_globals,
+        compile_sandboxed,
+    )
+
+    class _AIter:
+        def __init__(self, values):
+            self.values = list(values)
+
+        def __aiter__(self):
+            return self
+
+        async def __anext__(self):
+            if not self.values:
+                raise StopAsyncIteration
+            return self.values.pop(0)
+
+    sandbox_globals = build_sandbox_globals()
+    exec(  # noqa: S102
+        compile_sandboxed("async def f(src):\n    out = []\n" + body + "    return out\n"),
+        sandbox_globals,
+    )
+    assert await sandbox_globals["f"](_AIter(items)) == expected