diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/misc/misc.controller.spec.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/misc/misc.controller.spec.ts
index 02b41f60cf..11543fd441 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/misc/misc.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/misc/misc.controller.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { createMock } from '@golevelup/ts-jest';
 import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 import { JwtService } from '@nestjs/jwt';
 import { MiscService } from '../misc/misc.service';
+import { ApiKeyService } from '../auth/api-key.service';
+import { PrismaService } from '../common/prisma.service';
 
 describe('MiscController', () => {
   let controller: MiscController;
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ describe('MiscController', () => {
   const configService = createMock<ConfigService>();
   const jwtService = createMock<JwtService>();
   const miscService = createMock<MiscService>();
+  const apiKeyService = createMock<ApiKeyService>();
+  const prismaService = createMock<PrismaService>();
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
@@ -19,6 +23,8 @@ describe('MiscController', () => {
         { provide: ConfigService, useValue: configService },
         { provide: JwtService, useValue: jwtService },
         { provide: MiscService, useValue: miscService },
+        { provide: ApiKeyService, useValue: apiKeyService },
+        { provide: PrismaService, useValue: prismaService },
       ],
     }).compile();
 
@@ -28,4 +34,35 @@ describe('MiscController', () => {
   it('should be defined', () => {
     expect(controller).toBeDefined();
   });
+
+  describe('buildCorsHeaders', () => {
+    const buildCorsHeaders = (origin?: string) =>
+      (controller as any).buildCorsHeaders(origin) as Record<string, string>;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      configService.get.mockReturnValue('https://app.refly.ai, https://refly.ai');
+    });
+
+    it('reflects origin and allows credentials for allowlisted origins', () => {
+      const headers = buildCorsHeaders('https://app.refly.ai');
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Origin']).toBe('https://app.refly.ai');
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Credentials']).toBe('true');
+      expect(headers['Vary']).toBe('Origin');
+      expect(headers['Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy']).toBe('cross-origin');
+    });
+
+    it('does not reflect non-allowlisted origins', () => {
+      const headers = buildCorsHeaders('https://evil.example.com');
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Origin']).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Credentials']).toBeUndefined();
+      // no-cors embedding (e.g. <img>) must keep working
+      expect(headers['Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy']).toBe('cross-origin');
+    });
+
+    it('omits CORS headers when no Origin header is present', () => {
+      const headers = buildCorsHeaders(undefined);
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Origin']).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(headers['Access-Control-Allow-Credentials']).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/misc/misc.controller.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/misc/misc.controller.ts
index 3ed43b7ed1..cedebd4359 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/misc/misc.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/misc/misc.controller.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   Query,
 } from '@nestjs/common';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 import { JwtAuthGuard } from '../auth/guard/jwt-auth.guard';
 import { MiscService } from '../misc/misc.service';
 import {
@@ -32,7 +33,37 @@ import { checkHttpCache, send304NotModified, applyCacheHeaders } from '../../uti
 
 @Controller('v1/misc')
 export class MiscController {
-  constructor(private readonly miscService: MiscService) {}
+  constructor(
+    private readonly miscService: MiscService,
+    private readonly configService: ConfigService,
+  ) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Build CORS headers for file-serving endpoints.
+   * Only origins in the ORIGIN allowlist (same source as the global CORS
+   * config in main.ts) get credentialed access; other origins receive no
+   * Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, so browsers block cross-origin reads
+   * of authenticated responses. Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy stays
+   * 'cross-origin' so legitimate no-cors embedding (e.g. <img>) keeps working.
+   */
+  private buildCorsHeaders(origin: string | undefined): Record<string, string> {
+    const allowedOrigins = (this.configService.get<string>('origin') ?? '')
+      .split(',')
+      .map((o) => o.trim())
+      .filter(Boolean);
+
+    const headers: Record<string, string> = {
+      'Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy': 'cross-origin',
+    };
+
+    if (origin && allowedOrigins.includes(origin)) {
+      headers['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = origin;
+      headers['Access-Control-Allow-Credentials'] = 'true';
+      headers['Vary'] = 'Origin';
+    }
+
+    return headers;
+  }
 
   @UseGuards(JwtAuthGuard)
   @Post('scrape')
@@ -104,7 +135,7 @@ export class MiscController {
   ): Promise<void> {
     const storageKey = `static/${objectKey}`;
     const filename = path.basename(objectKey);
-    const origin = req.headers.origin;
+    const corsHeaders = this.buildCorsHeaders(req.headers.origin);
 
     // First, get only metadata (no file content loaded yet)
     const { contentType, lastModified } = await this.miscService.getInternalFileMetadata(
@@ -120,12 +151,6 @@ export class MiscController {
       immutable: false,
     });
 
-    const corsHeaders = {
-      'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': origin || '*',
-      'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials': 'true',
-      'Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy': 'cross-origin',
-    };
-
     // If client has valid cache, return 304 Not Modified (without loading file content)
     if (cacheResult.useCache) {
       send304NotModified(res, cacheResult, corsHeaders);