diff --git a/gateway/platforms/base.py b/gateway/platforms/base.py
index 9971399c3d96..5f6f0b2213e6 100644
--- a/gateway/platforms/base.py
+++ b/gateway/platforms/base.py
@@ -1096,12 +1096,15 @@ def _media_delivery_denied_paths() -> List[Path]:
         # Bitwarden Secrets Manager plaintext disk cache.
         os.path.join("cache", "bws_cache.json"),
     )
-    # Directory trees whose every child is credential material. (MCP OAuth
-    # tokens under mcp-tokens/ are handled by the sibling targeted PR #37222;
-    # session/kanban SQLite stores by #41071 — kept out of this diff to avoid
-    # overlap.)
+    # Directory trees whose every child is credential material. ``mcp-tokens/``
+    # holds per-server MCP OAuth tokens; it mirrors the read guard
+    # (get_read_block_error) and the write guard (is_write_denied) in
+    # agent/file_safety.py, both of which already block the whole tree, so the
+    # delivery side must not trail them. (Session/kanban SQLite stores are
+    # handled by the sibling PR #41071 — kept out of this diff to avoid overlap.)
     _ROOT_CREDENTIAL_DIRS = (
         "pairing",
+        "mcp-tokens",
     )
     for hermes_root in (_HERMES_HOME, _HERMES_ROOT):
         for rel in _ROOT_CREDENTIAL_FILES:
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py b/tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py
index 60b69e000be7..7dc0173b1947 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py
@@ -795,6 +795,29 @@ def test_recency_trust_denies_system_paths_even_when_fresh(self, tmp_path, monke
 
         assert BasePlatformAdapter.validate_media_delivery_path(str(secret)) is None
 
+    def test_recency_trust_denies_mcp_tokens_even_when_fresh(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        """MCP OAuth tokens under ~/.hermes/mcp-tokens/ are rewritten in place
+        on refresh, so their mtime is ~now on every turn — exactly the case the
+        recency window would otherwise re-trust (cf. the google_token.json
+        re-send exploit). The credential denylist must win over recency trust.
+        """
+        self._patch_roots(monkeypatch)
+        monkeypatch.delenv("HERMES_MEDIA_ALLOW_DIRS", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_MEDIA_TRUST_RECENT_FILES", "1")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_MEDIA_TRUST_RECENT_SECONDS", "600")
+
+        fake_home = tmp_path / "home"
+        hermes_dir = fake_home / ".hermes"
+        mcp_tokens = hermes_dir / "mcp-tokens"
+        mcp_tokens.mkdir(parents=True)
+        token = mcp_tokens / "github.json"
+        token.write_text('{"access_token": "gho_***"}')  # mtime = now -> "recent"
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(fake_home))
+        monkeypatch.setattr("gateway.platforms.base._HERMES_HOME", hermes_dir)
+        monkeypatch.setattr("gateway.platforms.base._HERMES_ROOT", hermes_dir)
+
+        assert BasePlatformAdapter.validate_media_delivery_path(str(token)) is None
+
     def test_recency_trust_allows_pdf_in_project_dir(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
         """The motivating case: agent produces a PDF in a project directory.
 
@@ -1027,6 +1050,28 @@ def test_denylist_blocks_pairing_directory_contents(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch)
 
         assert BasePlatformAdapter.validate_media_delivery_path(str(token)) is None
 
+    def test_denylist_blocks_mcp_tokens_directory_contents(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        """Files under ~/.hermes/mcp-tokens/ hold per-server MCP OAuth tokens
+        and must not be deliverable. The read guard (get_read_block_error) and
+        the write guard (is_write_denied) in agent/file_safety.py already block
+        this tree; the delivery denylist mirrors them so an
+        ``MEDIA:~/.hermes/mcp-tokens/github.json`` tag can't exfiltrate the
+        token JSON to a chat platform as a native attachment.
+        """
+        self._patch_roots(monkeypatch)
+
+        fake_home = tmp_path / "home"
+        hermes_dir = fake_home / ".hermes"
+        mcp_tokens = hermes_dir / "mcp-tokens"
+        mcp_tokens.mkdir(parents=True)
+        token = mcp_tokens / "github.json"
+        token.write_text('{"access_token": "gho_***", "refresh_token": "ghr_***"}')
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(fake_home))
+        monkeypatch.setattr("gateway.platforms.base._HERMES_HOME", hermes_dir)
+        monkeypatch.setattr("gateway.platforms.base._HERMES_ROOT", hermes_dir)
+
+        assert BasePlatformAdapter.validate_media_delivery_path(str(token)) is None
+
     def test_hermes_cache_still_delivers_under_denied_home(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
         """The targeted credential denylist must not break legitimate cache
         deliveries: a generated artifact under the allowlisted cache root is