diff --git a/src/backend/services/share/ShareService.test.ts b/src/backend/services/share/ShareService.test.ts
index f8aad82c7..d9b4aea17 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/share/ShareService.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/share/ShareService.test.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,33 @@ describe('ShareService', () => {
         ).rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 404 });
     });
 
+    it('tells a stranger nothing about whether a recipient account exists', async () => {
+        const owner = await makeUser();
+        const stranger = await makeUser();
+        const recipient = await makeUser();
+        const file = await makeFile(owner.user);
+
+        // The recipient must resolve only after authorization: a caller who
+        // cannot manage the entry gets the same "no such subject" error for a
+        // real recipient and a made-up one, so /share cannot be used to probe
+        // which emails have accounts.
+        const probe = (email: string) =>
+            share(stranger.actor, {
+                uid: file.uuid,
+                recipient: { email },
+                mode: 'read',
+            });
+
+        await expect(probe(recipient.email)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+            statusCode: 404,
+            legacyCode: 'subject_does_not_exist',
+        });
+        await expect(probe('nobody@nowhere.test')).rejects.toMatchObject({
+            statusCode: 404,
+            legacyCode: 'subject_does_not_exist',
+        });
+    });
+
     it('revokes access and drops the index row', async () => {
         const owner = await makeUser();
         const recipient = await makeUser();
diff --git a/src/backend/services/share/ShareService.ts b/src/backend/services/share/ShareService.ts
index cc5e87034..1b54dbb67 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/share/ShareService.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/share/ShareService.ts
@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@ export class ShareService extends PuterService {
         const issuerId = this.#requireUserId(actor);
         const mode = this.#requireMode(input.mode);
 
-        // Independent reads; the authorization check needs only the entry.
-        const [entry, holder] = await Promise.all([
-            this.#resolveEntry(input),
-            this.#resolveRecipient(input.recipient),
-        ]);
-
+        // Authorization before recipient resolution: a caller who cannot
+        // manage the entry must learn nothing from this endpoint — including
+        // whether an email or username has an account. "Recipient does not
+        // exist" may only be observed by someone entitled to share.
+        const entry = await this.#resolveEntry(input);
         await this.#assertCanManage(actor, entry);
+        const holder = await this.#resolveRecipient(input.recipient);
 
         if (holder.id === issuerId) {
             throw new HttpError(400, 'cannot share with yourself', {