diff --git a/routes/gallery_routes.py b/routes/gallery_routes.py
index d8d52b2ba..ce6f6271b 100644
--- a/routes/gallery_routes.py
+++ b/routes/gallery_routes.py
@@ -526,18 +526,24 @@ def setup_gallery_routes() -> APIRouter:
             albums = q.order_by(GalleryAlbum.created_at.desc()).all()
             result = []
             for a in albums:
-                count = db.query(GalleryImage).filter(
+                _count_q = db.query(GalleryImage).filter(
                     GalleryImage.album_id == a.id, GalleryImage.is_active == True
-                ).count()
+                )
+                if user:
+                    _count_q = _count_q.filter(GalleryImage.owner == user)
+                count = _count_q.count()
                 cover_url = None
                 if a.cover_id:
                     cover = db.query(GalleryImage).filter(GalleryImage.id == a.cover_id).first()
                     if cover:
                         cover_url = f"/api/generated-image/{cover.filename}"
                 elif count > 0:
-                    first = db.query(GalleryImage).filter(
+                    _cover_q = db.query(GalleryImage).filter(
                         GalleryImage.album_id == a.id, GalleryImage.is_active == True
-                    ).order_by(GalleryImage.created_at.desc()).first()
+                    )
+                    if user:
+                        _cover_q = _cover_q.filter(GalleryImage.owner == user)
+                    first = _cover_q.order_by(GalleryImage.created_at.desc()).first()
                     if first:
                         cover_url = f"/api/generated-image/{first.filename}"
                 result.append({
@@ -670,7 +676,14 @@ def setup_gallery_routes() -> APIRouter:
             if req.favorite is not None:
                 img.favorite = req.favorite
             if req.album_id is not None:
-                img.album_id = req.album_id if req.album_id else None
+                if req.album_id:
+                    # Validate the target album belongs to the caller before
+                    # moving the image into it — mirrors add_to_album, so you
+                    # cannot file your image into another user's album.
+                    _get_or_404_album(db, req.album_id, user)
+                    img.album_id = req.album_id
+                else:
+                    img.album_id = None
             db.commit()
             db.refresh(img)
             return _image_to_dict(img)
diff --git a/tests/test_gallery_album_owner_scope.py b/tests/test_gallery_album_owner_scope.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eafc0a182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_gallery_album_owner_scope.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""Issue #2754 — gallery owner-scoping.
+
+`patch_gallery_image` must validate that the *target album* belongs to the caller
+before moving an image into it (otherwise user B can file B's image into user A's
+album), and `list_albums` must owner-scope the per-album count + cover-fallback
+queries. The gallery route handlers are closures, so — matching the AST-assertion
+convention of test_gallery_image_privileges.py — we assert the guards are present
+in the source.
+"""
+import ast
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _function_sources():
+    source = Path("routes/gallery_routes.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    tree = ast.parse(source)
+    return {
+        node.name: ast.get_source_segment(source, node) or ""
+        for node in ast.walk(tree)
+        if isinstance(node, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef))
+    }
+
+
+def test_patch_validates_target_album_ownership():
+    fns = _function_sources()
+    body = fns["patch_gallery_image"]
+    assert "req.album_id" in body
+    # The target album must be ownership-validated (via the same helper the
+    # sibling mutators use) before the image is reassigned to it.
+    assert "_get_or_404_album(db, req.album_id, user)" in body
+
+
+def test_list_albums_count_and_cover_are_owner_scoped():
+    fns = _function_sources()
+    body = fns["list_albums"]
+    # Both the per-album image count and the cover-fallback query must owner-scope
+    # by GalleryImage.owner (the album list itself already filters by owner).
+    assert body.count("GalleryImage.owner == user") >= 2
+
+
+def test_get_or_404_album_enforces_owner():
+    # Guard the precedent we rely on: the helper rejects another user's album.
+    fns = _function_sources()
+    helper = fns["_get_or_404_album"]
+    assert "album.owner != user" in helper