diff --git a/coordinator/internal/usecase/task.go b/coordinator/internal/usecase/task.go
index f724c07..1d96591 100644
--- a/coordinator/internal/usecase/task.go
+++ b/coordinator/internal/usecase/task.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
+	"github.com/emil28092005/SciMesh/coordinator/internal/authctx"
 	"github.com/emil28092005/SciMesh/coordinator/internal/domain"
 )
 
@@ -51,6 +52,18 @@ func (uc *ClaimTask) Execute(ctx context.Context, in ClaimTaskInput) (*domain.Cl
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		// Bind the caller to the worker it claims as. A JWT-authenticated
+		// volunteer may operate only its own workers; without this the trust
+		// tier would be read off a caller-supplied worker_id, letting anyone who
+		// knows a trusted worker's id claim as it and bypass the quarantine
+		// below. A shared-token caller (no requester) is a lab operator and may
+		// act as any worker, preserving the original behaviour.
+		if r, ok := authctx.From(ctx); ok {
+			if worker.OwnerID == nil || *worker.OwnerID != r.UserID {
+				// Don't disclose that another user's worker exists.
+				return nil, domain.ErrWorkerNotFound
+			}
+		}
 		// C1 quarantine: an untrusted volunteer worker may register but receives
 		// no tasks, because there is not yet (until quorum, C2) any way to verify
 		// its results. Report an empty queue rather than an error, so its poller
diff --git a/coordinator/internal/usecase/usecase_test.go b/coordinator/internal/usecase/usecase_test.go
index b1ed39d..c0a4566 100644
--- a/coordinator/internal/usecase/usecase_test.go
+++ b/coordinator/internal/usecase/usecase_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
+	"github.com/emil28092005/SciMesh/coordinator/internal/authctx"
 	"github.com/emil28092005/SciMesh/coordinator/internal/domain"
 	"github.com/emil28092005/SciMesh/coordinator/internal/memstore"
 	"github.com/emil28092005/SciMesh/coordinator/internal/usecase"
@@ -300,6 +301,38 @@ func TestRegisterWorkerRecordsOwnerAndUntrusted(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestJWTCallerCannotClaimAsAnotherUsersWorker(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newHarness()
+	h.seedJob(t, "w", 1)
+
+	// A trusted lab worker owned by nobody (shared-token registration).
+	victim, _ := h.register.Execute(ctx, usecase.RegisterWorkerInput{Name: "lab", Capabilities: []string{"w"}})
+
+	// An attacker authenticated as a JWT user tries to claim as the lab worker.
+	attacker := authctx.With(ctx, authctx.Requester{UserID: uuid.New(), Role: "user"})
+	claimed, err := h.claim.Execute(attacker, usecase.ClaimTaskInput{WorkerID: victim.ID.String()})
+	if !errors.Is(err, domain.ErrWorkerNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("claim as another's worker = (%v, %v), want ErrWorkerNotFound", claimed, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJWTCallerClaimsAsOwnTrustedWorker(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newHarness()
+	h.seedJob(t, "w", 1)
+	owner := uuid.New()
+
+	// The user's own worker, trusted (e.g. a verified contributor).
+	mine, _ := h.register.Execute(ctx, usecase.RegisterWorkerInput{
+		Name: "mine", Capabilities: []string{"w"}, OwnerID: &owner, TrustLevel: domain.WorkerTrusted,
+	})
+
+	callerCtx := authctx.With(ctx, authctx.Requester{UserID: owner, Role: "user", Verified: true})
+	got, err := h.claim.Execute(callerCtx, usecase.ClaimTaskInput{WorkerID: mine.ID.String()})
+	if err != nil || got == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("own trusted worker claim = (%v, %v), want a task", got, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestUntrustedWorkerIsQuarantinedFromClaims(t *testing.T) {
 	h := newHarness()
 	h.seedJob(t, "w", 1) // a task is waiting