diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Sharing/Source/NodeShareSourceType.php b/apps/files/lib/Sharing/Source/NodeShareSourceType.php
index ea1a435e0223f..52bce5542639b 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Sharing/Source/NodeShareSourceType.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Sharing/Source/NodeShareSourceType.php
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
 use OCP\Files\Events\Node\NodeDeletedEvent;
 use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;
 use OCP\Files\Node;
+use OCP\Files\Storage\ISharedStorage;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
 use OCP\Interaction\InteractionResource;
 use OCP\Interaction\Resources\NodeResource;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
+use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\L10N\IFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -87,4 +89,18 @@ public function handle(Event $event): void {
 			throw $exception;
 		}
 	}
+
+	#[\Override]
+	public function userHasDirectSharingAccessToSource(IUser $user, string $source): bool {
+		// TODO: cache nodes by id?
+		$userFolder = $this->rootFolder->getUserFolder($user->getUID());
+		$nodes = $userFolder->getById((int)$source);
+		foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+			if (!$node->getStorage() instanceof ISharedStorage && $node->isShareable()) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/private/Sharing/SharingBackend.php b/lib/private/Sharing/SharingBackend.php
index 5d6cb5d4017d2..86c6db25d9266 100644
--- a/lib/private/Sharing/SharingBackend.php
+++ b/lib/private/Sharing/SharingBackend.php
@@ -559,6 +559,15 @@ private function hideDisabledUserShares(): bool {
 	 * @return list<Share>
 	 */
 	private function list(ShareAccessContext $accessContext, ?string $filterShareID, ?string $filterSourceTypeClass, ?string $filterSourceTypeValue, ?string $lastShareID, ?int $limit): array {
+		if ($filterSourceTypeClass) {
+			$filterSourceType = $this->registry->getSourceTypes()[$filterSourceTypeClass] ?? null;
+			if ($filterSourceType === null) {
+				throw new RuntimeException('The source type is not registered: ' . $filterSourceTypeClass);
+			}
+		} else {
+			$filterSourceType = null;
+		}
+
 		/** @var array<class-string<IShareRecipientType>, list<string>> $recipientTypeValues */
 		$recipientTypeValues = [];
 
@@ -566,10 +575,21 @@ private function list(ShareAccessContext $accessContext, ?string $filterShareID,
 		$queries = [];
 		if ($accessContext->overrideChecks) {
 			$queries[] = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
+			$userHasDirectAccess = false;
 		} else {
+			if ($filterSourceType && $filterSourceTypeValue !== null && $accessContext->currentUser instanceof IUser) {
+				$userHasDirectAccess = $filterSourceType->userHasDirectSharingAccessToSource($accessContext->currentUser, $filterSourceTypeValue);
+			} else {
+				$userHasDirectAccess = false;
+			}
+
 			if ($accessContext->currentUser instanceof IUser) {
 				$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
-				$qb->where($qb->expr()->eq('s.owner_user_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($accessContext->currentUser->getUID())));
+				// if the access user has "direct share access" we don't filter by owner, but instead validate that all share sources are accessible
+				if (!$userHasDirectAccess) {
+					$qb->where($qb->expr()->eq('s.owner_user_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($accessContext->currentUser->getUID())));
+				}
+
 				$queries[] = $qb;
 			}
 
@@ -581,7 +601,8 @@ private function list(ShareAccessContext $accessContext, ?string $filterShareID,
 			}
 
 			// Do not add a query if no recipients matched, otherwise all shares will be returned.
-			if ($recipientTypeValues !== []) {
+			// If the user has "direct" access, we already get all the shares, so no need to run an extra query for recipients
+			if ($recipientTypeValues !== [] && !$userHasDirectAccess) {
 				$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 				$qb->innerJoin('s', 'sharing_share_recipients', 'sr', $qb->expr()->andX(
 					$qb->expr()->eq('s.state', $qb->createNamedParameter(ShareState::Active->value)),
@@ -631,7 +652,7 @@ private function list(ShareAccessContext $accessContext, ?string $filterShareID,
 				$qb->andWhere($qb->expr()->eq('s.id', $qb->createNamedParameter($filterShareID)));
 			}
 
-			if ($filterSourceTypeClass !== null) {
+			if ($filterSourceType !== null) {
 				$sourceTypeFilters = [
 					$qb->expr()->eq('s.id', 'ss.share_id'),
 					$qb->expr()->eq('ss.source_class', $qb->createNamedParameter($filterSourceTypeClass)),
@@ -802,7 +823,9 @@ private function list(ShareAccessContext $accessContext, ?string $filterShareID,
 				if ($share['owner']->isCurrentUser($accessContext)) {
 					continue;
 				}
-
+				if ($userHasDirectAccess) {
+					continue;
+				}
 				$isAnyMatchingRecipient = false;
 				foreach ($share['recipients'] as &$recipient) {
 					$isMatchingRecipient = false;
@@ -962,6 +985,23 @@ private function list(ShareAccessContext $accessContext, ?string $filterShareID,
 			$share['permissions'],
 		), $shares);
 
+		// when listing shares for a source, we also return any non-owned share if the user has "direct" access to the source
+		// but we do need to validate that the user has "direct" access to *all* of the sources in the share, not just one
+		if (!$accessContext->overrideChecks && $filterSourceType && $filterSourceTypeValue !== null && $accessContext->currentUser instanceof IUser) {
+			$shares = array_filter($shares, function (Share $share) use ($accessContext): bool {
+				if (!$share->owner->isCurrentUser($accessContext) && count($share->sources) > 1) {
+					foreach ($share->sources as $source) {
+						$sourceType = $this->registry->getSourceTypes()[$source->class];
+						if (!$sourceType->userHasDirectSharingAccessToSource($accessContext->currentUser, $source->value)) {
+							return false;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				return true;
+			});
+		}
+
 		if (!$accessContext->overrideChecks) {
 			$filterPropertyTypes = array_filter($registryPropertyTypes, static fn (ISharePropertyType $propertyType): bool => $propertyType instanceof ISharePropertyTypeFilter);
 			if ($filterPropertyTypes !== []) {
diff --git a/lib/private/Sharing/SharingManager.php b/lib/private/Sharing/SharingManager.php
index 76593a8f4bc0b..dc96ad31a85ff 100644
--- a/lib/private/Sharing/SharingManager.php
+++ b/lib/private/Sharing/SharingManager.php
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ private function validateInteraction(ShareAccessContext $accessContext, Share $s
 		$action = new ShareAction(null, array_values(array_map(static fn (SharePermission $permission): string => $permission->class, $share->getEnabledPermissions())));
 
 		$usersToCheck = [];
-		if ($share->owner->instance === null && ($ownerUser = $this->userManager->get($share->owner->userId)) !== null) {
+		if ($share->owner->instance === null && ($ownerUser = $this->userManager->get($share->owner->userId)) instanceof IUser) {
 			$usersToCheck[] = $ownerUser;
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/unstable/Sharing/Source/IShareSourceType.php b/lib/unstable/Sharing/Source/IShareSourceType.php
index 0cce43c89731d..0aa7a2ce95331 100644
--- a/lib/unstable/Sharing/Source/IShareSourceType.php
+++ b/lib/unstable/Sharing/Source/IShareSourceType.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use NCU\Sharing\Icon\ShareIconURL;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Attribute\Implementable;
 use OCP\Interaction\InteractionResource;
+use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\L10N\IFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -57,4 +58,13 @@ public function getSourceIcon(string $source): null|ShareIconSVG|ShareIconURL;
 	 * @experimental 35.0.0
 	 */
 	public function getSourceInteractionResource(string $userId, string $source): InteractionResource;
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a user has access to the specified source without taking sharing into account, and has sufficient permissions to create shares.
+	 *
+	 * All users with "direct" access to the source will be able to see and manage shares made by other users for the source.
+	 *
+	 * @param non-empty-string $source
+	 */
+	public function userHasDirectSharingAccessToSource(IUser $user, string $source): bool;
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/Sharing/AbstractSharingManagerTests.php b/tests/lib/Sharing/AbstractSharingManagerTests.php
index 62260bbf2ae2f..c8fde3cf73086 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Sharing/AbstractSharingManagerTests.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Sharing/AbstractSharingManagerTests.php
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ abstract protected function getShares(ShareAccessContext $accessContext, ?string
 
 	protected IUser $user2;
 
+	protected TestShareSourceType1 $shareSourceType1;
+
+	protected TestShareSourceType2 $shareSourceType2;
+
 	#[\Override]
 	public function setUp(): void {
 		parent::setUp();
@@ -112,8 +116,11 @@ public function setUp(): void {
 
 		$this->registry = Server::get(ISharingRegistry::class);
 		$this->registry->clear();
-		$this->registry->registerSourceType(new TestShareSourceType1(['source1' => 'Source 1']));
-		$this->registry->registerSourceType(new TestShareSourceType2(['source2' => 'Source 2']));
+
+		$this->shareSourceType1 = new TestShareSourceType1(['source1' => 'Source 1']);
+		$this->registry->registerSourceType($this->shareSourceType1);
+		$this->shareSourceType2 = new TestShareSourceType2(['source2' => 'Source 2']);
+		$this->registry->registerSourceType($this->shareSourceType2);
 		$this->registry->registerRecipientType(new TestShareRecipientType1(
 			[
 				'recipient1' => 'Recipient 1',
@@ -4032,4 +4039,53 @@ public function testInitiatorDeleted(): void {
 			],
 		], $share['recipients']);
 	}
+
+	public function testGetWithDirectAccess(): void {
+		$accessContext = new ShareAccessContext($this->owner);
+
+		$before = $this->manager->generateTimestamp();
+		$this->dbConnection->beginTransaction();
+		$id = $this->manager->createShare($accessContext);
+		$this->manager->addShareSource($accessContext, $id, new ShareSource(TestShareSourceType1::class, 'source1'));
+		$this->manager->addShareRecipient($accessContext, $id, new ShareRecipient(TestShareRecipientType1::class, 'recipient1', null));
+		$this->manager->getShare($accessContext, $id);
+		$this->manager->updateSharePermission($accessContext, $id, new SharePermission(TestSharePermissionType1::class, true));
+		$this->manager->updateShareState($accessContext, $id, ShareState::Active);
+
+		$this->shareSourceType1->userAccess[$this->owner->getUID()] = ['source1'];
+
+		$this->dbConnection->commit();
+
+		$after = $this->manager->generateTimestamp();
+
+		// user2 has no direct access, no shares
+		$shares = $this->getShares(new ShareAccessContext(currentUser: $this->user2), TestShareSourceType1::class, 'source1', null, null);
+		$this->assertCount(0, $shares);
+
+		// give user2 direct access, can see shares
+		$this->shareSourceType1->userAccess[$this->user2->getUID()] = ['source1'];
+		$shares = $this->getShares(new ShareAccessContext(currentUser: $this->user2), TestShareSourceType1::class, 'source1', null, null);
+
+		$this->assertCount(1, $shares);
+		$share = $shares[0];
+
+		$this->assertGreaterThanOrEqual($before, $share['last_updated']);
+		$this->assertLessThanOrEqual($after, $share['last_updated']);
+		$this->assertEquals([
+			'user_id' => 'owner',
+			'instance' => null,
+			'display_name' => 'Owner',
+			'icon' => [
+				'light' => 'http://localhost/index.php/avatar/owner/64',
+				'dark' => 'http://localhost/index.php/avatar/owner/64/dark',
+			],
+		], $share['owner']);
+
+		// add a source that user2 doesn't have access to, can't see share anymore
+		$this->dbConnection->beginTransaction();
+		$this->manager->addShareSource($accessContext, $id, new ShareSource(TestShareSourceType2::class, 'source2'));
+		$this->dbConnection->commit();
+		$shares = $this->getShares(new ShareAccessContext(currentUser: $this->user2), TestShareSourceType1::class, 'source1', null, null);
+		$this->assertCount(0, $shares);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/Sharing/TestShareSourceType1.php b/tests/lib/Sharing/TestShareSourceType1.php
index e61bd869db945..ca41def3d9a39 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Sharing/TestShareSourceType1.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Sharing/TestShareSourceType1.php
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@
 use NCU\Sharing\Icon\ShareIconURL;
 use NCU\Sharing\Source\IShareSourceType;
 use OCP\Interaction\InteractionResource;
+use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\L10N\IFactory;
 
 class TestShareSourceType1 implements IShareSourceType {
 	public function __construct(
 		/** @var array<string, non-empty-string> $validSources */
 		private readonly array $validSources,
+		/** @var array<non-empty-string, non-empty-string[]> $validSources */
+		public array $userAccess = [],
 	) {
 	}
 
@@ -48,4 +51,10 @@ public function getSourceIcon(string $source): null|ShareIconSVG|ShareIconURL {
 	public function getSourceInteractionResource(string $userId, string $source): InteractionResource {
 		return new TestInteractionResource($source);
 	}
+
+	#[\Override]
+	public function userHasDirectSharingAccessToSource(IUser $user, string $source): bool {
+		$userSources = $this->userAccess[$user->getUID()] ?? [];
+		return in_array($source, $userSources);
+	}
 }