diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/rest_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/rest_endpoints.py
index 7ca4923337c..d52588938af 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/rest_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/rest_endpoints.py
@@ -515,20 +515,19 @@ if MCP_AVAILABLE:
         # enforced even when no allowlist is set (matches the SSE/HTTP path).
         tools = filter_tools_by_allowed_tools(tools, server)
 
-        # Filter tools based on user_api_key_auth.object_permission.mcp_tool_permissions
-        # This provides per-key/team/org control over which tools can be accessed
-        if (
-            user_api_key_auth
-            and user_api_key_auth.object_permission
-            and user_api_key_auth.object_permission.mcp_tool_permissions
-        ):
-            # Dict keys may be server_ids OR names/aliases; normalize so lookup
-            # by concrete server_id resolves name-keyed restrictions too.
-            allowed_tools_for_server = global_mcp_server_manager.expand_tool_permissions(
-                user_api_key_auth.object_permission.mcp_tool_permissions
-            ).get(server.server_id)
-            if allowed_tools_for_server is not None and len(allowed_tools_for_server) > 0:
-                # Filter tools to only include those in the allowed list
+        # Filter by the key's effective tool permissions through the same
+        # primitive the MCP protocol path uses (direct grants, toolset grants,
+        # and team/agent/org ceilings), so REST listing cannot drift from it
+        if user_api_key_auth:
+            from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.auth.user_api_key_auth_mcp import (
+                MCPRequestHandler,
+            )
+
+            allowed_tools_for_server = await MCPRequestHandler.get_allowed_tools_for_server(
+                server_id=server.server_id,
+                user_api_key_auth=user_api_key_auth,
+            )
+            if allowed_tools_for_server is not None:
                 tools = [tool for tool in tools if _tool_name_matches(tool.name, allowed_tools_for_server)]
 
         return _create_tool_response_objects(tools, server)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_rest_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_rest_endpoints.py
index 99e05182361..e9ac09b24bd 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_rest_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_rest_endpoints.py
@@ -2654,3 +2654,74 @@ class TestToolResponseMcpInfoEnrichment:
             "server_id": "server-uuid",
             "alias": None,
         }
+
+
+class TestRestListToolsetFiltering:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_rest_list_filters_toolset_only_key_to_toolset_tools(self, monkeypatch):
+        """A toolset-only key reaching a toolset server via REST list must see
+        only the toolset's tools; the raw catalog leaked every tool on the
+        server when the filter read object_permission directly instead of the
+        shared toolset-aware primitive"""
+        from unittest.mock import patch
+
+        from mcp.types import Tool as MCPTool
+
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.auth.user_api_key_auth_mcp import (
+            MCPRequestHandler,
+        )
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.server import MCPServer
+        from litellm.types.mcp import MCPTransport
+
+        stub_server = MCPServer(
+            server_id="server-a",
+            name="stubtools",
+            transport=MCPTransport.http,
+        )
+        stub_server.alias = "stubtools"
+        stub_server.server_name = "stubtools"
+        stub_server.allowed_tools = None
+        stub_server.disallowed_tools = None
+        stub_server.mcp_info = {"server_name": "stubtools"}
+
+        upstream_tools = [
+            MCPTool(name="lookup_status", inputSchema={"type": "object"}),
+            MCPTool(name="delete_everything", inputSchema={"type": "object"}),
+        ]
+
+        key_object_permission = MagicMock()
+        key_object_permission.mcp_servers = []
+        key_object_permission.mcp_access_groups = []
+        key_object_permission.mcp_tool_permissions = None
+        key_object_permission.mcp_toolsets = ["toolset-1"]
+
+        user_auth = UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key="test-key", user_id="test-user")
+
+        mock_manager = MagicMock()
+        mock_manager.expand_tool_permissions = MagicMock(side_effect=lambda perms: perms or {})
+        mock_manager.resolve_toolset_tool_permissions = AsyncMock(
+            return_value={"server-a": ["lookup_status"]}
+        )
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            rest_endpoints.global_mcp_server_manager,
+            "_get_tools_from_server",
+            AsyncMock(return_value=upstream_tools),
+        )
+
+        with (
+            patch.object(MCPRequestHandler, "_get_key_object_permission", return_value=key_object_permission),
+            patch.object(MCPRequestHandler, "_get_team_object_permission", AsyncMock(return_value=None)),
+            patch(
+                "litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager.global_mcp_server_manager",
+                mock_manager,
+            ),
+        ):
+            result = await rest_endpoints._get_tools_for_single_server(
+                server=stub_server,
+                server_auth_header=None,
+                raw_headers=None,
+                user_api_key_auth=user_auth,
+            )
+
+        assert [tool.name for tool in result] == ["lookup_status"]