diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index 8499cf359..c1115a72e 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -864,11 +864,8 @@ def validate_documentlink_targets(user, doc_ids):
     if user is None:
         return
 
-    target_documents = Document.objects.filter(id__in=doc_ids).select_related("owner")
-    if not all(
-        has_perms_owner_aware(user, "change_document", document)
-        for document in target_documents
-    ):
+    permitted_change_ids = set(permitted_document_ids(user, perm="change_document"))
+    if not set(doc_ids) <= permitted_change_ids:
         raise PermissionDenied(
             _("Insufficient permissions."),
         )
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_permission_filtering_security.py b/src/documents/tests/test_permission_filtering_security.py
index 7b28bcb05..172bfb197 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_permission_filtering_security.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_permission_filtering_security.py
@@ -280,3 +280,37 @@ class TestEmailDocumentPermissionBoundary:
             format="json",
         )
         assert response.status_code == 403
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+class TestBulkEditChangePermissionBoundary:
+    def test_bulk_edit_rejects_document_without_change_permission(
+        self,
+        rest_api_client,
+    ):
+        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="owner")
+        requester = User.objects.create_user(username="requester")
+        # grant the global change_document permission so the object-level
+        # check (not the global has_perm check) is what's under test
+        requester.user_permissions.add(
+            Permission.objects.get(codename="change_document"),
+        )
+        rest_api_client.force_authenticate(user=requester)
+        assign_perm(
+            "view_document",
+            requester,
+            DocumentFactory(owner=owner),
+        )  # unrelated grant
+        target = DocumentFactory(owner=owner)
+        assign_perm("view_document", requester, target)  # view only, NOT change
+
+        response = rest_api_client.post(
+            "/api/documents/bulk_edit/",
+            {
+                "documents": [target.pk],
+                "method": "modify_tags",
+                "parameters": {"add_tags": [], "remove_tags": []},
+            },
+            format="json",
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 403
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 46eff8504..333b04049 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -2782,8 +2782,9 @@ class DocumentOperationPermissionMixin(PassUserMixin, DocumentSelectionMixin):
         )
 
         # check global and object permissions for all documents
+        permitted_change_ids = set(permitted_document_ids(user, perm="change_document"))
         has_perms = user.has_perm("documents.change_document") and all(
-            has_perms_owner_aware(user, "change_document", doc) for doc in document_objs
+            doc.pk in permitted_change_ids for doc in document_objs
         )
 
         # check ownership for methods that change original document