diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/AuthenticationCodeFlowHandler.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/AuthenticationCodeFlowHandler.java
index a285b3374a36..5daa7cbc301c 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/AuthenticationCodeFlowHandler.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/AuthenticationCodeFlowHandler.java
@@ -613,6 +613,11 @@ public void handleCallback(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
       // Build Credentials
       OidcCredentials credentials = buildCredentials(successResponse);
 
+      // The identity below must come from the ID token the back-channel exchange returns, and that
+      // exchange only runs when the callback carries an authorization code. Reject a callback that
+      // brings only a front-channel token: it never passed through the provider's token endpoint.
+      requireAuthorizationCode(pendingSession, credentials);
+
       // Validations
       validateAndSendTokenRequest(pendingSession, credentials, computedCallbackUrl);
 
@@ -914,6 +919,32 @@ static Map<String, String> buildLoginParams(OidcConfiguration configuration) {
     return new HashMap<>(authParams);
   }
 
+  private void requireAuthorizationCode(UserSession session, OidcCredentials credentials) {
+    if (expectsAuthorizationCode() && credentials.getCode() == null) {
+      LOG.warn(
+          "Rejecting OIDC callback without an authorization code for session {}",
+          SessionService.truncateId(session.getId()));
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Authorization code is required");
+    }
+  }
+
+  private boolean expectsAuthorizationCode() {
+    // The default and documented confidential mode is the authorization-code flow. Per OIDC, any
+    // response_type that includes "code" (plain or hybrid) returns an authorization code, so the
+    // callback must carry one. A response_type configured for pure implicit delivery is not a code
+    // flow and keeps its existing handling.
+    String responseType = client.getConfiguration().getResponseType();
+    if (nullOrEmpty(responseType)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    for (String part : responseType.trim().split("\\s+")) {
+      if ("code".equalsIgnoreCase(part)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   private void validateAndSendTokenRequest(
       UserSession session, OidcCredentials oidcCredentials, String computedCallbackUrl)
       throws URISyntaxException {
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/AuthenticationCodeFlowHandlerTest.java b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/AuthenticationCodeFlowHandlerTest.java
index e28428da13b2..b04ee2376959 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/AuthenticationCodeFlowHandlerTest.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/security/AuthenticationCodeFlowHandlerTest.java
@@ -1805,6 +1805,73 @@ private static List<String> roleNames(User user) {
     return user.getRoles().stream().map(EntityReference::getName).toList();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void handleCallback_codeFlowFrontChannelTokenWithoutCode_rejectedWithoutActivatingSession()
+      throws Exception {
+    UserSession pendingSession =
+        UserSession.builder()
+            .id("pending-session")
+            .state("state-abc")
+            .redirectUri(TEST_SERVER_URL + "/auth/callback")
+            .build();
+    when(sessionService.getPendingSession(request, response))
+        .thenReturn(Optional.of(pendingSession));
+    when(oidcClient.getCallbackUrl()).thenReturn(TEST_SERVER_URL + "/callback");
+    when(oidcClient.getConfiguration()).thenReturn(oidcConfiguration);
+    when(oidcConfiguration.isWithState()).thenReturn(false);
+    when(oidcConfiguration.getResponseType()).thenReturn("code");
+    OIDCProviderMetadata metadata = mock(OIDCProviderMetadata.class);
+    when(metadata.supportsAuthorizationResponseIssuerParam()).thenReturn(false);
+    IOidcOpMetadataResolver metadataResolver = mock(IOidcOpMetadataResolver.class);
+    when(metadataResolver.load()).thenReturn(metadata);
+    when(oidcConfiguration.getOpMetadataResolver()).thenReturn(metadataResolver);
+    AuthenticationConfiguration authConfig = mock(AuthenticationConfiguration.class);
+    when(authConfig.getCallbackUrl()).thenReturn(TEST_SERVER_URL + "/callback");
+
+    // A syntactically valid but unsigned, claim-less token stands in for a front-channel token that
+    // never passed through the provider's token endpoint. The callback carries it with no code.
+    String frontChannelToken = new PlainJWT(new JWTClaimsSet.Builder().build()).serialize();
+    when(request.getParameterMap())
+        .thenReturn(
+            Map.of(
+                "state", new String[] {"state-abc"},
+                "id_token", new String[] {frontChannelToken}));
+
+    AuthenticationCodeFlowHandler handler =
+        createHandlerWithMockedInternals(sessionService, oidcClient);
+    setField(handler, "serverUrl", TEST_SERVER_URL);
+    setField(handler, "authenticationConfiguration", authConfig);
+
+    handler.handleCallback(request, response);
+
+    verify(response).setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
+    assertTrue(captureOutputStream.getCapturedOutput().contains("Authorization code is required"));
+    verify(sessionService, never())
+        .activatePendingSession(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void expectsAuthorizationCode_trueForCodeAndHybridAndDefault_falseForImplicit() throws Exception {
+    when(oidcClient.getConfiguration()).thenReturn(oidcConfiguration);
+    AuthenticationCodeFlowHandler handler =
+        createHandlerWithMockedInternals(sessionService, oidcClient);
+    Method expectsCode =
+        AuthenticationCodeFlowHandler.class.getDeclaredMethod("expectsAuthorizationCode");
+    expectsCode.setAccessible(true);
+
+    when(oidcConfiguration.getResponseType()).thenReturn("code");
+    assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, expectsCode.invoke(handler));
+
+    when(oidcConfiguration.getResponseType()).thenReturn("code id_token");
+    assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, expectsCode.invoke(handler));
+
+    when(oidcConfiguration.getResponseType()).thenReturn(null);
+    assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, expectsCode.invoke(handler));
+
+    when(oidcConfiguration.getResponseType()).thenReturn("id_token");
+    assertEquals(Boolean.FALSE, expectsCode.invoke(handler));
+  }
+
   private AuthenticationCodeFlowHandler createHandlerWithMockedInternals(
       SessionService sessionService, OidcClient client) throws Exception {
     sun.misc.Unsafe unsafe = getUnsafe();