diff --git a/agent/file_safety.py b/agent/file_safety.py
index 2e08db3d02229..13693669b85bb 100644
--- a/agent/file_safety.py
+++ b/agent/file_safety.py
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ def get_read_block_error(path: str) -> Optional[str]:
         # to avoid re-fetching across back-to-back CLI invocations. The file
         # was introduced by #31968 but not added to this guard.
         os.path.join("cache", "bws_cache.json"),
+        os.path.join("cache", "bws_cache.enc.json"),
     )
     for hd in hermes_dirs:
         for name in credential_file_names:
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_file_safety_bws_enc.py b/tests/agent/test_file_safety_bws_enc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..04295833e6a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/agent/test_file_safety_bws_enc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""Regression tests verifying bws_cache.enc.json is denied in get_read_block_error."""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from agent.file_safety import get_read_block_error, is_write_denied, _hermes_home_path
+
+
+class TestFileSafetyBwsEnc:
+    """Verify bws_cache.enc.json read protection parity with write protection."""
+
+    def test_bws_cache_enc_read_blocked(self, tmp_path):
+        home = tmp_path / "hermes_home"
+        home.mkdir()
+        cache_dir = home / "cache"
+        cache_dir.mkdir()
+        bws_enc = cache_dir / "bws_cache.enc.json"
+        bws_enc.write_text("{}")
+
+        with patch("agent.file_safety._hermes_home_path", return_value=home), \
+             patch("agent.file_safety._hermes_root_path", return_value=home):
+            err = get_read_block_error(str(bws_enc))
+            assert err is not None
+            assert "Access denied" in err
+            assert "Hermes credential store" in err
+
+    def test_bws_cache_plain_and_enc_parity(self, tmp_path):
+        home = tmp_path / "hermes_home"
+        home.mkdir()
+        cache_dir = home / "cache"
+        cache_dir.mkdir()
+
+        plain = cache_dir / "bws_cache.json"
+        enc = cache_dir / "bws_cache.enc.json"
+        other = cache_dir / "image.png"
+
+        plain.write_text("{}")
+        enc.write_text("{}")
+        other.write_text("data")
+
+        with patch("agent.file_safety._hermes_home_path", return_value=home), \
+             patch("agent.file_safety._hermes_root_path", return_value=home):
+            assert get_read_block_error(str(plain)) is not None
+            assert get_read_block_error(str(enc)) is not None
+            assert get_read_block_error(str(other)) is None