diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
index b9eb0c2052090..1433818ccfb4f 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
@@ -654,6 +654,19 @@ public function single_row( $item ) {
 
 		$this->user_can = current_user_can( 'edit_comment', $comment->comment_ID );
 
+		$edit_post_cap = $post ? 'edit_post' : 'edit_posts';
+		if (
+			current_user_can( $edit_post_cap, $comment->comment_post_ID ) ||
+			(
+				empty( $post->post_password ) &&
+				current_user_can( 'read_post', $comment->comment_post_ID )
+			)
+		) {
+			// The user has access to the post
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		echo "<tr id='comment-$comment->comment_ID' class='$the_comment_class'>";
 		$this->single_row_columns( $comment );
 		echo "</tr>\n";
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
index fefb69380e121..b3aebd9643cdf 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
@@ -851,6 +851,20 @@ protected function comments_bubble( $post_id, $pending_comments ) {
 			$pending_comments_number
 		);
 
+		$post_object   = get_post( $post_id );
+		$edit_post_cap = $post_object ? 'edit_post' : 'edit_posts';
+		if (
+			current_user_can( $edit_post_cap, $post_id ) ||
+			(
+				empty( $post_object->post_password ) &&
+				current_user_can( 'read_post', $post_id )
+			)
+		) {
+			// The user has access to the post and thus can see comments
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		if ( ! $approved_comments && ! $pending_comments ) {
 			// No comments at all.
 			printf(
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 31eba07a2dc63..5b5042394965c 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -1109,7 +1109,16 @@ function wp_dashboard_recent_comments( $total_items = 5 ) {
 
 		echo '<ul id="the-comment-list" data-wp-lists="list:comment">';
 		foreach ( $comments as $comment ) {
-			_wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( $comment );
+			$comment_post = get_post( $comment->comment_post_ID );
+			if (
+				current_user_can( 'edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID ) ||
+				(
+					empty( $comment_post->post_password ) &&
+					current_user_can( 'read_post', $comment->comment_post_ID )
+				)
+			) {
+				_wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( $comment );
+			}
 		}
 		echo '</ul>';