diff --git a/pkg/csi/materializer.go b/pkg/csi/materializer.go
index f739805..3717fda 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/materializer.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/materializer.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
@@ -201,6 +202,9 @@ func (m *Materializer) materialize(d digest.Digest) error {
 		m.logf("materializing %s failed after %s: %v", d, time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond), err)
 		return fmt.Errorf("pull %s: %w", d, err)
 	}
+	if err := readableByAll(tmp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := os.Rename(tmp, dir); err != nil {
 		if isDir(dir) { // published by someone else meanwhile; same content
 			return nil
@@ -401,3 +405,30 @@ func (m *Materializer) busy(d digest.Digest) bool {
 	n, err := m.users(d)
 	return err != nil || n > 0
 }
+
+// readableByAll lets every user read the files of an artifact and list its directories (#62).
+// The plugin runs as root and keeps each file's mode from the manifest, so a 0600 file would be
+// unreadable for an engine that runs as another user; the volume is a read-only bind, so reading
+// is all a pod gets.
+func readableByAll(root string) error {
+	return filepath.WalkDir(root, func(p string, e fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if e.Type()&fs.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		fi, err := e.Info()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		want := fi.Mode().Perm() | 0o444
+		if e.IsDir() {
+			want |= 0o111
+		}
+		if want == fi.Mode().Perm() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return os.Chmod(p, want)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/csi/materializer_test.go b/pkg/csi/materializer_test.go
index 2987fbb..08f09c5 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/materializer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/materializer_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -291,3 +292,42 @@ func TestLeases(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	sameTree(t, f.srcA, dir)
 }
+
+// Files stored with mode 0600 become readable by everyone once materialized (#62).
+func TestMaterializedFilesAreReadableByAll(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	f := newFixture(t)
+	src := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(src, "model-00001.safetensors"), random(5, 1<<20), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(src, "private"), 0o700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(src, "private", "params.bin"), random(6, 4096), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	d, _, err := f.s.Push(ctx, src, store.PushOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m, _ := newMaterializer(t, f)
+	dir, err := m.Ensure(ctx, d)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sameTree(t, src, dir)
+	for _, p := range []string{"model-00001.safetensors", "private", "private/params.bin"} {
+		fi, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, p))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		want := fs.FileMode(0o444)
+		if fi.IsDir() {
+			want = 0o555
+		}
+		if fi.Mode().Perm()&want != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: mode %v, want at least %v", p, fi.Mode().Perm(), want)
+		}
+	}
+}