Add route-specific CORS configuration for MVC

spring-cloud-gateway-server-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/server/mvc/GatewayServerMvcAutoConfiguration.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.webmvc.autoconfigure.WebMvcProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.webmvc.autoconfigure.WebMvcProperties.Apiversion;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.common.ArgumentSupplierBeanPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.config.GatewayCorsConfigurationSourceBuilder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.config.GatewayMvcProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.config.GatewayMvcPropertiesBeanDefinitionRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.config.GatewayMvcRuntimeHintsProcessor;
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestClient;
+import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfigurationSource;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.CorsFilter;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ApiVersionConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 
@@ -210,6 +213,14 @@ public WeightCalculatorFilter weightCalculatorFilter() {
 		return new WeightCalculatorFilter();
 	}
 
+	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+	@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = GatewayMvcProperties.PREFIX, name = "cors.enabled", matchIfMissing = true)
+	public CorsFilter corsFilter(GatewayMvcProperties properties) {
+		CorsConfigurationSource corsConfigurationSource = GatewayCorsConfigurationSourceBuilder.build(properties);
+		return new CorsFilter(corsConfigurationSource);
+	}
+
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = XForwardedRequestHeadersFilterProperties.PREFIX, name = ".enabled",

spring-cloud-gateway-server-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/server/mvc/config/CorsConfigurationParser.java

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.config;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class to map Gateway route CORS metadata to Spring's {@link CorsConfiguration}.
+ *
+ * @author Fatih Celik
+ */
+public abstract class CorsConfigurationParser {
+
+	private static final String CORS_METADATA_KEY = "cors";
+
+	private CorsConfigurationParser() {
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the route metadata map and extracts the CORS configuration if present.
+	 * @param metadata the metadata map associated with a route
+	 * @return an {@link Optional} containing the mapped {@link CorsConfiguration}, or
+	 * empty if not found
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public static Optional<CorsConfiguration> map(Map<String, Object> metadata) {
+		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(metadata) || !metadata.containsKey(CORS_METADATA_KEY)) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+
+		Map<String, Object> corsMetadata = (Map<String, Object>) metadata.get(CORS_METADATA_KEY);
+
+		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(corsMetadata)) {
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
+
+		CorsConfiguration corsConfiguration = new CorsConfiguration();
+
+		findValue(corsMetadata, "allowCredentials")
+			.ifPresent(value -> corsConfiguration.setAllowCredentials((Boolean) value));
+		findValue(corsMetadata, "allowedHeaders")
+			.ifPresent(value -> corsConfiguration.setAllowedHeaders(asList(value)));
+		findValue(corsMetadata, "allowedMethods")
+			.ifPresent(value -> corsConfiguration.setAllowedMethods(asList(value)));
+		findValue(corsMetadata, "allowedOriginPatterns")
+			.ifPresent(value -> corsConfiguration.setAllowedOriginPatterns(asList(value)));
+		findValue(corsMetadata, "allowedOrigins")
+			.ifPresent(value -> corsConfiguration.setAllowedOrigins(asList(value)));
+		findValue(corsMetadata, "exposedHeaders")
+			.ifPresent(value -> corsConfiguration.setExposedHeaders(asList(value)));
+		findValue(corsMetadata, "maxAge").ifPresent(value -> corsConfiguration.setMaxAge(asLong(value)));
+
+		return Optional.of(corsConfiguration);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Extracts the first path pattern from the Path predicate if it exists. Defaults to
+	 * "/**" if no Path predicate is found to apply CORS globally to the route.
+	 * @param route the route properties to inspect
+	 * @return the extracted path pattern or "/**"
+	 */
+	public static String extractPathPattern(RouteProperties route) {
+		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(route.getPredicates())) {
+			for (PredicateProperties predicate : route.getPredicates()) {
+				if ("Path".equalsIgnoreCase(predicate.getName()) && !CollectionUtils.isEmpty(route.getPredicates())
+						&& !predicate.getArgs().isEmpty()) {
+					return predicate.getArgs().values().iterator().next();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return "/**";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Safely retrieves a value from the CORS metadata map by its key.
+	 * @param metadata the CORS-specific metadata map
+	 * @param key the configuration key to look up (e.g., "allowedOrigins")
+	 * @return an {@link Optional} containing the value, or empty if the key is missing or
+	 * null
+	 */
+	private static Optional<Object> findValue(Map<String, Object> metadata, String key) {
+		return Optional.ofNullable(metadata.get(key));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a metadata configuration value into a List of Strings. Handles single
+	 * String values and Map values.
+	 * @param value the raw object value from the metadata map
+	 * @return a {@link List} of string values
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+	private static List<String> asList(Object value) {
+		if (value instanceof String val) {
+			return List.of(val);
+		}
+		if (value instanceof Map m) {
+			return new ArrayList<>(m.values());
+		}
+		return (List<String>) value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a metadata configuration value into a Long. Handles Integer to Long
+	 * upcasting if necessary.
+	 * @param value the raw object value from the metadata map
+	 * @return the numerical value represented as a Long
+	 */
+	private static Long asLong(Object value) {
+		if (value instanceof Integer val) {
+			return val.longValue();
+		}
+		return (Long) value;
+	}
+
+}

spring-cloud-gateway-server-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/server/mvc/config/GatewayCorsConfigurationSourceBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.config;
+
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfigurationSource;
+import org.springframework.web.cors.UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource;
+import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPatternParser;
+
+import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.config.CorsConfigurationParser.extractPathPattern;
+
+/**
+ * Builder for constructing a {@link CorsConfigurationSource} from Gateway MVC properties.
+ * Uses Spring 6 {@link PathPatternParser} for modern and efficient path matching.
+ *
+ * @author Fatih Celik
+ */
+public final class GatewayCorsConfigurationSourceBuilder {
+
+	private GatewayCorsConfigurationSourceBuilder() {
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Builds a {@link CorsConfigurationSource} mapping route path patterns to their
+	 * respective CORS configurations.
+	 * @param properties the Gateway MVC properties containing route definitions
+	 * @return a configured {@link CorsConfigurationSource}
+	 */
+	public static CorsConfigurationSource build(GatewayMvcProperties properties) {
+		UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource source = new UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource(new PathPatternParser());
+
+		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(properties.getRoutes())) {
+			for (RouteProperties route : properties.getRoutes()) {
+				CorsConfigurationParser.map(route.getMetadata()).ifPresent(corsConfig -> {
+					String pathPattern = extractPathPattern(route);
+					source.registerCorsConfiguration(pathPattern, corsConfig);
+				});
+			}
+		}
+
+		return source;
+	}
+
+}

spring-cloud-gateway-server-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/server/mvc/GatewayServerMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.server.mvc.predicate.PredicateAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.loadbalancer.annotation.LoadBalancerClient;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.CorsFilter;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
@@ -225,6 +226,27 @@ public void forwardedHeaderFiltersEnabledWithProperties() {
 			});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void corsFilterAddedWhenPropertiesEnabled() {
+		new ApplicationContextRunner()
+			.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(FilterAutoConfiguration.class, PredicateAutoConfiguration.class,
+					HandlerFunctionAutoConfiguration.class, GatewayServerMvcAutoConfiguration.class,
+					HttpClientAutoConfiguration.class, RestTemplateAutoConfiguration.class,
+					RestClientAutoConfiguration.class, SslAutoConfiguration.class))
+			.run(context -> assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(CorsFilter.class));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void corsFilterNotAddedWhenPropertiesDisabled() {
+		new ApplicationContextRunner()
+			.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(FilterAutoConfiguration.class, PredicateAutoConfiguration.class,
+					HandlerFunctionAutoConfiguration.class, GatewayServerMvcAutoConfiguration.class,
+					HttpClientAutoConfiguration.class, RestTemplateAutoConfiguration.class,
+					RestClientAutoConfiguration.class, SslAutoConfiguration.class))
+			.withPropertyValues("spring.cloud.gateway.server.webmvc.cors.enabled=false")
+			.run(context -> assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(CorsFilter.class));
+	}
+
 	@SpringBootConfiguration
 	@EnableAutoConfiguration
 	static class TestConfig {