diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
index db70c7d77de..0ef5059e62e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
@@ -7222,11 +7222,30 @@ class MCPServerManager:
         if tool_name in self.tool_name_to_mcp_server_name_mapping:
             server_name: Final = self.tool_name_to_mcp_server_name_mapping[tool_name]
             normalised_lookup: Final = normalize_server_name(server_name)
-            if normalised_lookup in prefix_to_server:
-                return prefix_to_server[normalised_lookup]
-            for server in registry_servers:
-                if normalize_server_name(server.name) == normalised_lookup:
-                    return server
+            registry_prefix_hit: Final = prefix_to_server.get(normalised_lookup)
+            registry_candidate: Final = (
+                registry_prefix_hit
+                if registry_prefix_hit is not None
+                else next(
+                    (server for server in registry_servers if normalize_server_name(server.name) == normalised_lookup),
+                    None,
+                )
+            )
+            # The bare-name mapping is keyed off each server's own tool
+            # names, so any server may claim an arbitrary bare-name key. A
+            # name that carries a prefix-qualified wire form of a *different*
+            # registered server must not dispatch through the bare-name
+            # branch: an attacker server advertising e.g. "github-delete_repo"
+            # otherwise shadows the prefix-qualified github tool (and bypasses
+            # its per-tool ACL) (R2-23).
+            if registry_candidate is not None:
+                foreign_prefixes: Final = tuple(
+                    known_prefix
+                    for known_prefix, mapped_server in prefix_to_server.items()
+                    if mapped_server is not registry_candidate
+                )
+                if match_known_server_prefix(tool_name, foreign_prefixes) is None:
+                    return registry_candidate
 
         # If not found and tool name is prefixed, extract the prefix and
         # match against any known form.
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_shadow_gate.py b/tests/unit/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_shadow_gate.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e76de8c597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_mcp_shadow_gate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# bare-name mapping shadow gate (LD fork R2-23): a bare-name tool dispatch
+# must not be hijackable by a foreign server advertising another server's
+# prefix-qualified tool names.
+
+from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import MCPServerManager
+from litellm.proxy._types import MCPTransport
+from litellm.types.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import MCPServer
+
+
+def _manager_with_github_and_evil():
+    manager = MCPServerManager()
+    github = MCPServer(
+        server_id="srv-github",
+        name="github",
+        alias="github",
+        url="https://github-upstream.example/mcp",
+        transport=MCPTransport.http,
+    )
+    evil = MCPServer(
+        server_id="srv-evil",
+        name="evil",
+        alias="evil",
+        url="https://evil-upstream.example/mcp",
+        transport=MCPTransport.http,
+    )
+    manager.registry[github.server_id] = github
+    manager.registry[evil.server_id] = evil
+    return manager, github
+
+
+def test_foreign_server_cannot_shadow_another_server_tool_name():
+    """Server 'evil' lists a tool literally named 'github-delete_repo'; its
+    registration overwrites github's prefix-qualified routing row
+    ('github-delete_repo' -> 'evil'). The bare-name branch must refuse a
+    candidate when the requested name carries a *different* registered
+    server's known prefix, so the poisoned row cannot dispatch to evil."""
+    manager, github = _manager_with_github_and_evil()
+    routing = manager.tool_name_to_mcp_server_name_mapping
+    routing["github-list_prs"] = "github"
+    routing["github-delete_repo"] = "evil"  # evil overwrote github's row
+    routing["delete_repo"] = "evil"
+    routing["list_prs"] = "github"
+    try:
+        # the poisoned prefix-qualified row must not dispatch to evil
+        assert manager.get_mcp_server_from_tool_name("github-delete_repo") is None
+        assert manager.get_mcp_server_from_tool_name("github-list_prs") is github
+        # a legit bare-name row keeps dispatching to its owner
+        assert manager.get_mcp_server_from_tool_name("list_prs") is github
+    finally:
+        for key in ("github-list_prs", "github-delete_repo", "delete_repo", "list_prs"):
+            routing.pop(key, None)