diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Gallery/PhotoController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Gallery/PhotoController.php
index 6916487b628..40fb71dfb5f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Gallery/PhotoController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Gallery/PhotoController.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 use App\Jobs\ExtractZip;
 use App\Jobs\ProcessImageJob;
 use App\Jobs\WatermarkerJob;
+use App\Models\Extensions\BaseAlbum;
 use App\Models\Photo;
 use App\Models\SizeVariant;
 use App\Models\Tag;
@@ -325,7 +326,28 @@ public function albums(GetPhotoAlbumsRequest $request): Collection
 		$album_policy = resolve(AlbumPolicy::class);
 
 		return $photo->albums
-			->filter(fn ($album) => $album_policy->canAccess($user, $album))
+			->filter(function ($album) use ($album_policy, $user) {
+				if (!$album instanceof BaseAlbum) {
+					return $album_policy->canAccess($user, $album);
+				}
+
+				// Owner always sees their albums in the list
+				if ($album_policy->isOwner($user, $album)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+
+				// Explicitly shared albums are visible to the shared user
+				if ($album->current_user_permissions() !== null) {
+					return true;
+				}
+
+				// Public albums are only shown if not link-required (hidden from listings)
+				$public_perm = $album->public_permissions();
+
+				return $public_perm !== null &&
+					$public_perm->is_link_required === false &&
+					($public_perm->password === null || $album_policy->isUnlocked($album));
+			})
 			->values()
 			->map(fn ($album) => new PhotoAlbumResource($album));
 	}
diff --git a/tests/Feature_v2/Photo/GetPhotoAlbumsTest.php b/tests/Feature_v2/Photo/GetPhotoAlbumsTest.php
index 6b1babda064..b7163779f0b 100644
--- a/tests/Feature_v2/Photo/GetPhotoAlbumsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature_v2/Photo/GetPhotoAlbumsTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 namespace Tests\Feature_v2\Photo;
 
+use App\Models\AccessPermission;
 use App\Models\Album;
 use App\Models\Photo;
 use Tests\Feature_v2\Base\BaseApiWithDataTest;
@@ -104,4 +105,26 @@ public function testPhotoWithNoAlbumsReturnsEmptyArray(): void
 		$response->assertJsonCount(0);
 		$response->assertExactJson([]);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * S-018-08: Hidden (link-required) albums are not shown to non-owners.
+	 *
+	 * Regression test for https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/discussions/4355
+	 */
+	public function testHiddenAlbumNotShownToNonOwner(): void
+	{
+		// photo4 is in album4 (public+visible). Also place it in a new hidden album.
+		$hiddenAlbum = Album::factory()->as_root()->owned_by($this->userLocked)->create();
+		// Public permission with is_link_required=true (hidden from listings)
+		AccessPermission::factory()->public()->for_album($hiddenAlbum)->create();
+		$this->photo4->albums()->syncWithoutDetaching([$hiddenAlbum->id]);
+
+		// A guest user should only see album4 (the visible one), NOT the hidden album
+		$response = $this->getJson('Photo/' . $this->photo4->id . '/albums');
+		$this->assertOk($response);
+
+		$response->assertJsonCount(1);
+		$response->assertJsonFragment(['id' => $this->album4->id]);
+		$response->assertJsonMissing(['id' => $hiddenAlbum->id]);
+	}
 }