diff --git a/backend/core/config/settings/drf.py b/backend/core/config/settings/drf.py
index 46cf435..ae622d9 100644
--- a/backend/core/config/settings/drf.py
+++ b/backend/core/config/settings/drf.py
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@
     'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES': [
         'rest_framework.throttling.ScopedRateThrottle',
     ],
-    'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': {'webhook_inbound': '3/sec'},
+    'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': {
+        'webhook_inbound': '3/sec',
+        'auth_login': '10/hour',
+        'auth_register': '5/min',
+        'auth_verify_email': '5/min',
+        'auth_password_reset': '5/min',
+    },
     'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': [
         'api.renderers.OrjsonRenderer',
         'rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer',
diff --git a/backend/tests/user/api/test_user_viewsets.py b/backend/tests/user/api/test_user_viewsets.py
index 51d2dc7..0298ea9 100644
--- a/backend/tests/user/api/test_user_viewsets.py
+++ b/backend/tests/user/api/test_user_viewsets.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.cache import cache
+from django.test import override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
 from model_bakery import baker
 from planning.models import PlanningCX, PlanningEmpire
@@ -12,6 +15,65 @@
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
+# Test settings use DummyCache, which never throttles; ScopedRateThrottle needs a real cache backend.
+LOCMEM_CACHES = {'default': {'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache', 'LOCATION': 'throttle-test'}}
+
+
+def throttle_limit(scope: str) -> int:
+    """Number of requests allowed for a scope before ScopedRateThrottle returns 429."""
+    rate = settings.REST_FRAMEWORK['DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES'][scope]
+    return int(rate.split('/')[0])
+
+
+class TestAuthEndpointThrottling:
+    def setup_method(self):
+        cache.clear()
+
+    @override_settings(CACHES=LOCMEM_CACHES)
+    def test_login_is_throttled_after_limit(self, api_client):
+        url = reverse('user:token_obtain_pair')
+
+        for _ in range(throttle_limit('auth_login')):
+            response = api_client.post(url, data={'username': 'nobody', 'password': 'wrong'}, format='json')
+            assert response.status_code == 401
+
+        response = api_client.post(url, data={'username': 'nobody', 'password': 'wrong'}, format='json')
+        assert response.status_code == 429
+
+    @override_settings(CACHES=LOCMEM_CACHES)
+    def test_register_is_throttled_after_limit(self, api_client):
+        url = reverse('user:user_signup')
+
+        for _ in range(throttle_limit('auth_register')):
+            response = api_client.post(url, data={}, format='json')
+            assert response.status_code == 400
+
+        response = api_client.post(url, data={}, format='json')
+        assert response.status_code == 429
+
+    @override_settings(CACHES=LOCMEM_CACHES)
+    def test_request_email_verification_is_throttled_after_limit(self, api_client, user_factory):
+        user = user_factory(id=1, is_email_verified=True)
+        url = reverse('user:user_request_email_verification')
+
+        for _ in range(throttle_limit('auth_verify_email')):
+            response = api_client.as_user(user).post(url)
+            assert response.status_code == 400
+
+        response = api_client.as_user(user).post(url)
+        assert response.status_code == 429
+
+    @override_settings(CACHES=LOCMEM_CACHES)
+    def test_password_reset_request_is_throttled_after_limit(self, api_client):
+        url = reverse('user:user_request_password_reset')
+
+        for _ in range(throttle_limit('auth_password_reset')):
+            response = api_client.post(url, data={'email': 'nobody@example.com'}, format='json')
+            assert response.status_code == 200
+
+        response = api_client.post(url, data={'email': 'nobody@example.com'}, format='json')
+        assert response.status_code == 429
+
 
 class TestUserPreferenceViewSet:
     def test_retrieve_requires_auth(self, api_client):
diff --git a/backend/user/api/urls.py b/backend/user/api/urls.py
index 0373e27..bb370d0 100644
--- a/backend/user/api/urls.py
+++ b/backend/user/api/urls.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 @extend_schema(tags=['user : authentication'], summary='Login and retrieve tokens')
 class DecoratedTokenObtainPairView(TokenObtainPairView):
-    pass
+    throttle_scope = 'auth_login'
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
diff --git a/backend/user/api/viewsets.py b/backend/user/api/viewsets.py
index 8a17008..f8317f7 100644
--- a/backend/user/api/viewsets.py
+++ b/backend/user/api/viewsets.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 class UserRegisterViewSet(mixins.CreateModelMixin, viewsets.GenericViewSet):
     serializer_class = UserRegisterSerializer
     permission_classes = [AllowAny]
+    throttle_scope = 'auth_register'
 
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
         serializer.save()
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 @extend_schema(tags=['user : authentication'])
 class UserEmailVerificationViewSet(viewsets.ViewSet):
     permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+    throttle_scope = 'auth_verify_email'
 
     @extend_schema(
         request=None,
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 @extend_schema(tags=['user : authentication'])
 class UserPasswordResetViewSet(viewsets.ViewSet):
     permission_classes = [AllowAny]
+    throttle_scope = 'auth_password_reset'
 
     @extend_schema(
         auth=[],