diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
index 7859c678c07..618b200a14c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
@@ -4618,6 +4618,13 @@ class GoogleSSOHandler:
         return result or {}
 
 
+def _raise_if_sso_debug_disabled() -> None:
+    """The debug routes run the browser-redirect SSO flow, so they cannot carry a
+    bearer credential; an explicit opt-in flag is the only way to gate them."""
+    if get_secret_bool("ENABLE_SSO_DEBUG") is not True:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail="Not Found")
+
+
 @router.get("/sso/debug/login", tags=["experimental"], include_in_schema=False)
 async def debug_sso_login(request: Request):
     """
@@ -4625,6 +4632,8 @@ async def debug_sso_login(request: Request):
     PROXY_BASE_URL should be the your deployed proxy endpoint, e.g. PROXY_BASE_URL="https://litellm-production-7002.up.railway.app/"
     Example:
     """
+    _raise_if_sso_debug_disabled()
+
     from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import premium_user
 
     microsoft_client_id: Final = os.getenv("MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID", None)
@@ -4670,6 +4679,8 @@ async def debug_sso_callback(request: Request):
     """
     Returns the OpenID object returned by the SSO provider
     """
+    _raise_if_sso_debug_disabled()
+
     import json
 
     from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
index 1230c548281..21c0f565486 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_ui_sso.py
@@ -8029,6 +8029,37 @@ class TestPKCEStateCookieBinding:
         assert result is not None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("enable_sso_debug_value", [None, "false", "0"])
+async def test_sso_debug_routes_return_404_unless_explicitly_enabled(enable_sso_debug_value):
+    """
+    /sso/debug/login and /sso/debug/callback must 404 unless ENABLE_SSO_DEBUG is
+    explicitly set to a truthy value.
+    """
+    from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso import debug_sso_callback, debug_sso_login
+
+    mock_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
+    mock_request.base_url = "http://proxy.example.com/"
+    mock_request.cookies = {}
+    mock_request.query_params = {}
+
+    env = {"GENERIC_CLIENT_ID": "test_client_id"}
+    if enable_sso_debug_value is not None:
+        env["ENABLE_SSO_DEBUG"] = enable_sso_debug_value
+
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=False):
+        if enable_sso_debug_value is None:
+            os.environ.pop("ENABLE_SSO_DEBUG", None)
+
+        with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as login_exc:
+            await debug_sso_login(mock_request)
+        with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as callback_exc:
+            await debug_sso_callback(mock_request)
+
+    assert login_exc.value.status_code == 404
+    assert callback_exc.value.status_code == 404
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_debug_sso_callback_renders_full_jwt_claims():
     """
@@ -8080,7 +8111,7 @@ async def test_debug_sso_callback_renders_full_jwt_claims():
     with (
         patch.dict(
             os.environ,
-            {"GENERIC_CLIENT_ID": "test_client_id"},
+            {"GENERIC_CLIENT_ID": "test_client_id", "ENABLE_SSO_DEBUG": "true"},
             clear=False,
         ),
         patch(
@@ -8165,7 +8196,7 @@ async def test_debug_sso_callback_handles_missing_raw_response():
     with (
         patch.dict(
             os.environ,
-            {"MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID": "test_microsoft_id"},
+            {"MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID": "test_microsoft_id", "ENABLE_SSO_DEBUG": "true"},
             clear=False,
         ),
         patch.object(
@@ -8213,7 +8244,7 @@ async def _render_debug_page(provider_env, id_jag_registered, force_inert=False)
         return parsed
 
     stack = [
-        patch.dict(os.environ, provider_env, clear=False),
+        patch.dict(os.environ, {**provider_env, "ENABLE_SSO_DEBUG": "true"}, clear=False),
         patch(  # test-quality-ok: endpoint test stubs the upstream generic IdP boundary
             "litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.ui_sso.get_generic_sso_response", side_effect=fake_generic
         ),