diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
index 90845dfd824..ecd4df87dff 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ class JWTHandler:
         LITELLM_ORG_ID_CLAIM,
         LITELLM_END_USER_ID_CLAIM,
     )
+    # Registered JWT claims (RFC 7519) that are safe to carry through issuer
+    # normalization regardless of mapping config: they identify/scope the token
+    # itself and are never trusted for authorization by LiteLLM.
+    STANDARD_JWT_CLAIMS = frozenset(("iss", "sub", "aud", "exp", "nbf", "iat", "jti"))
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -941,8 +945,11 @@ class JWTHandler:
     def _apply_issuer_claim_mappings(
         self, token: dict, issuer_config: JWTIssuerConfig
     ) -> dict:
+        # Build the normalized token from standard registered claims; the
+        # issuer's mapped claims are re-added below. Unmapped claims are not
+        # carried across issuers.
         normalized: dict = {
-            k: v for k, v in token.items() if k not in self.LITELLM_INTERNAL_CLAIMS
+            k: v for k, v in token.items() if k in self.STANDARD_JWT_CLAIMS
         }
         normalized[self.LITELLM_JWT_ISSUER_CLAIM] = issuer_config.issuer
         claim_mappings = [
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_handle_jwt.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_handle_jwt.py
index 63510086f95..01cce347493 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_handle_jwt.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_handle_jwt.py
@@ -4273,6 +4273,91 @@ async def test_multi_issuer_jwt_strips_unmapped_internal_claims(monkeypatch):
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_multi_issuer_jwt_drops_unmapped_scope_claims(
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    """A token from a configured-but-low-trust issuer that carries a raw
+    ``scope`` claim must NOT escalate to proxy admin. The issuer config below
+    maps only an identity field, so ``scope`` is unmapped and dropped during
+    normalization; ``get_scopes``/``is_admin`` then see nothing.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.delenv("JWT_AUDIENCE", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("JWT_PUBLIC_KEY_URL", raising=False)
+
+    issuer = "https://low-trust-issuer.example.com"
+    jwks_url = f"{issuer}/keys"
+    private_key, jwk = _get_rsa_key_and_jwk(kid="issuer-key")
+    jwt_handler = _get_jwt_handler_with_issuer_keys(
+        issuers=[
+            {
+                "issuer": issuer,
+                "jwks_url": jwks_url,
+                "audience": "expected-audience",
+                "user_id_jwt_field": "sub",
+            }
+        ],
+        keys_by_url={jwks_url: [jwk]},
+    )
+    token = _encode_rsa_jwt(
+        private_key=private_key,
+        issuer=issuer,
+        audience="expected-audience",
+        kid="issuer-key",
+        extra_claims={
+            "scope": "litellm_proxy_admin",
+            "roles": ["litellm_proxy_admin"],
+        },
+    )
+
+    claims = await jwt_handler.auth_jwt(token=token)
+
+    assert "scope" not in claims
+    assert "roles" not in claims
+    assert jwt_handler.get_scopes(token=claims) == []
+    assert jwt_handler.is_admin(scopes=jwt_handler.get_scopes(token=claims)) is False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_global_jwt_path_still_trusts_scope_for_admin(monkeypatch):
+    """The legacy single-issuer / global path (no ``issuers`` configured) must
+    keep honoring the ``scope`` claim as the admin field. The cross-issuer
+    allowlist only applies to issuer-scoped normalization, so this path is
+    unchanged and a token carrying the configured admin scope still maps to
+    proxy admin.
+    """
+    from litellm.caching.dual_cache import DualCache
+
+    monkeypatch.delenv("JWT_AUDIENCE", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("JWT_ISSUER", raising=False)
+
+    jwks_url = "https://global-issuer.example.com/keys"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JWT_PUBLIC_KEY_URL", jwks_url)
+
+    private_key, jwk = _get_rsa_key_and_jwk(kid="global-key")
+    cache = DualCache()
+    cache.set_cache(key=f"litellm_jwt_auth_keys_{jwks_url}", value=[jwk])
+
+    jwt_handler = JWTHandler()
+    jwt_handler.update_environment(
+        prisma_client=None,
+        user_api_key_cache=cache,
+        litellm_jwtauth=LiteLLM_JWTAuth(),
+    )
+    token = _encode_rsa_jwt(
+        private_key=private_key,
+        issuer="https://global-issuer.example.com",
+        audience="any-audience",
+        kid="global-key",
+        extra_claims={"scope": "litellm_proxy_admin"},
+    )
+
+    claims = await jwt_handler.auth_jwt(token=token)
+
+    assert jwt_handler.get_scopes(token=claims) == ["litellm_proxy_admin"]
+    assert jwt_handler.is_admin(scopes=jwt_handler.get_scopes(token=claims)) is True
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_multi_issuer_jwt_does_not_emit_unscoped_global_warning(
     monkeypatch, caplog