diff --git a/backend/windmill-common/src/guest_jwt.rs b/backend/windmill-common/src/guest_jwt.rs
index 47c138ce7b..f76490cc2f 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-common/src/guest_jwt.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-common/src/guest_jwt.rs
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ const JWKS_NEGATIVE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 /// but the server it names may be attacker-controlled, and a real key set is a few KB.
 const JWKS_MAX_BYTES: usize = 1 << 20;
 
+/// A real JWKS carries a handful of keys. A set larger than this is refused so one cache
+/// entry cannot retain a densely packed body (the byte cap alone allows thousands of minimal
+/// JWKs), which a workspace admin rotating URLs could otherwise use to grow the shared process.
+const JWKS_MAX_KEYS: usize = 50;
+
 /// Fetch a JWKS, keeping only the keys usable here. The URL was set by a workspace
 /// admin, so it is validated against private ranges and the connect is pinned to the
 /// validated addresses; redirects are not followed for the same reason. The body is
@@ -293,6 +298,11 @@ fn parse_jwks_keys(body: &[u8]) -> Result<HashMap<String, Jwk>> {
         .get("keys")
         .and_then(|k| k.as_array())
         .ok_or_else(|| Error::BadRequest("JWKS has no `keys` array".to_string()))?;
+    if entries.len() > JWKS_MAX_KEYS {
+        return Err(Error::BadRequest(format!(
+            "JWKS holds more than {JWKS_MAX_KEYS} keys"
+        )));
+    }
     let keys: HashMap<String, Jwk> = entries
         .iter()
         .filter_map(|entry| serde_json::from_value::<Jwk>(entry.clone()).ok())
@@ -518,6 +528,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(parse_jwks_keys(body.as_bytes()).is_err());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn an_oversized_jwks_is_refused() {
+        // The byte cap alone allows thousands of minimal keys in one entry; the count cap
+        // bounds what a single cache entry can retain.
+        let keys: Vec<_> = (0..=JWKS_MAX_KEYS)
+            .map(|i| serde_json::json!({"kty":"RSA","kid":format!("k{i}"),"n":"aa","e":"AQAB"}))
+            .collect();
+        let body = serde_json::json!({ "keys": keys }).to_string();
+        assert!(parse_jwks_keys(body.as_bytes()).is_err());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn key_ops_without_verify_is_refused() {
         let enc = jwk(serde_json::json!({"kty":"RSA","key_ops":["encrypt"],"n":"aa","e":"AQAB"}));