diff --git a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/core/embedded/server/EmbeddedServer.java b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/core/embedded/server/EmbeddedServer.java
index fec3668699..77e29575c3 100644
--- a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/core/embedded/server/EmbeddedServer.java
+++ b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/core/embedded/server/EmbeddedServer.java
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ public void start() {
           .setConnectionReuseStrategy(new DontKeepAliveReuseStrategy())
           .setListenerPort(triedPort)
           .setSocketConfig(socketConfig)
-          .addFilterFirst("CORS", new CorsFilter())
+          .addFilterFirst("RateLimiter", new RateLimitFilter())
+          .addFilterAfter("RateLimiter", "CORS", new CorsFilter())
           .register("/sonarlint/api/status", statusRequestHandler)
           .register("/sonarlint/api/token", generatedUserTokenHandler)
           .register("/sonarlint/api/hotspots/show", showHotspotRequestHandler)
diff --git a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/core/embedded/server/RateLimitFilter.java b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/core/embedded/server/RateLimitFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..808e31a251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/core/embedded/server/RateLimitFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * SonarLint Core - Implementation
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2025 SonarSource SA
+ * mailto:info AT sonarsource DOT com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+package org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.embedded.server;
+
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ClassicHttpRequest;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpException;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.HttpFilterChain;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.HttpFilterHandler;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.BasicClassicHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.HttpContext;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class RateLimitFilter implements HttpFilterHandler {
+
+  private static final int MAX_REQUESTS_PER_ORIGIN = 10;
+  private static final long TIME_FRAME_MS = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10);
+  private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, RequestCounter> requestCounters = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+  @Override
+  public void handle(ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpFilterChain.ResponseTrigger responseTrigger, HttpContext context, HttpFilterChain chain)
+    throws HttpException, IOException {
+    var originHeader = request.getHeader("Origin");
+    var origin = originHeader != null ? originHeader.getValue() : null;
+    if (origin == null) {
+      var response = new BasicClassicHttpResponse(HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
+      responseTrigger.submitResponse(response);
+    } else {
+      if (!isRequestAllowed(origin)) {
+        var response = new BasicClassicHttpResponse(HttpStatus.SC_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS);
+        responseTrigger.submitResponse(response);
+      } else {
+        chain.proceed(request, responseTrigger, context);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private boolean isRequestAllowed(String origin) {
+    long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    var counter = requestCounters.computeIfAbsent(origin, k -> new RequestCounter(currentTime));
+    synchronized (counter) {
+      if (currentTime - counter.timestamp > TIME_FRAME_MS) {
+        counter.timestamp = currentTime;
+        counter.count = 1;
+        return true;
+      } else if (counter.count < MAX_REQUESTS_PER_ORIGIN) {
+        counter.count++;
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class RequestCounter {
+    long timestamp;
+    int count;
+
+    RequestCounter(long timestamp) {
+      this.timestamp = timestamp;
+      this.count = 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/medium-tests/src/test/java/mediumtest/EmbeddedServerMediumTests.java b/medium-tests/src/test/java/mediumtest/EmbeddedServerMediumTests.java
index 23626db1d9..20c7bd746e 100644
--- a/medium-tests/src/test/java/mediumtest/EmbeddedServerMediumTests.java
+++ b/medium-tests/src/test/java/mediumtest/EmbeddedServerMediumTests.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ void it_should_return_the_ide_name_and_empty_description_if_the_origin_is_not_tr
     var embeddedServerPort = backend.getEmbeddedServerPort();
     var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
       .uri(URI.create("http://localhost:" + embeddedServerPort + "/sonarlint/api/status"))
+      .header("Origin", "https://untrusted")
       .GET().build();
     var response = java.net.http.HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
 
@@ -141,4 +142,41 @@ void it_should_receive_bad_request_response_if_not_right_method(SonarLintTestHar
     assertThat(responseToken.headers().map()).doesNotContainKey("Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only");
     assertThat(responseStatus.headers().map()).doesNotContainKey("Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only");
   }
+
+  @SonarLintTest
+  void it_should_rate_limit_origin_if_too_many_requests(SonarLintTestHarness harness) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    var fakeClient = harness.newFakeClient().build();
+    var backend = harness.newBackend().withEmbeddedServer().withClientName("ClientName").start(fakeClient);
+
+    var embeddedServerPort = backend.getEmbeddedServerPort();
+    var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+      .uri(URI.create("http://localhost:" + embeddedServerPort + "/sonarlint/api/status"))
+      .header("Origin", "https://sonar")
+      .GET().build();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      java.net.http.HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+    }
+    var response = java.net.http.HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+    assertThat(response)
+      .extracting(HttpResponse::statusCode, HttpResponse::body)
+      .containsExactly(HttpStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_429, "");
+  }
+
+  @SonarLintTest
+  void it_should_not_allow_request_if_origin_is_missing(SonarLintTestHarness harness) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    var fakeClient = harness.newFakeClient().build();
+    var backend = harness.newBackend().withEmbeddedServer().withClientName("ClientName").start(fakeClient);
+
+    var embeddedServerPort = backend.getEmbeddedServerPort();
+    var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+      .uri(URI.create("http://localhost:" + embeddedServerPort + "/sonarlint/api/status"))
+      .GET().build();
+    var response = java.net.http.HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+    assertThat(response)
+      .extracting(HttpResponse::statusCode, HttpResponse::body)
+      .containsExactly(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST_400, "");
+  }
+
 }