diff --git a/weed/s3api/cors/middleware.go b/weed/s3api/cors/middleware.go
index c9cd0e19e..b156adb8a 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/cors/middleware.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/cors/middleware.go
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ type CORSConfigGetter interface {
 type Middleware struct {
 	bucketChecker    BucketChecker
 	corsConfigGetter CORSConfigGetter
+	fallbackConfig   *CORSConfiguration // Global CORS configuration as fallback
 }
 
-// NewMiddleware creates a new CORS middleware instance
-func NewMiddleware(bucketChecker BucketChecker, corsConfigGetter CORSConfigGetter) *Middleware {
+// NewMiddleware creates a new CORS middleware instance with optional global fallback config
+func NewMiddleware(bucketChecker BucketChecker, corsConfigGetter CORSConfigGetter, fallbackConfig *CORSConfiguration) *Middleware {
 	return &Middleware{
 		bucketChecker:    bucketChecker,
 		corsConfigGetter: corsConfigGetter,
+		fallbackConfig:   fallbackConfig,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -61,15 +63,20 @@ func (m *Middleware) Handler(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		// Load CORS configuration from cache
 		config, errCode := m.corsConfigGetter.GetCORSConfiguration(bucket)
 		if errCode != s3err.ErrNone || config == nil {
-			// No CORS configuration, handle based on request type
-			if corsReq.IsPreflightRequest {
-				// Preflight request without CORS config should fail
-				s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrAccessDenied)
+			// No bucket-level CORS configuration, try fallback (global config)
+			if m.fallbackConfig != nil {
+				config = m.fallbackConfig
+			} else {
+				// No CORS configuration at all, handle based on request type
+				if corsReq.IsPreflightRequest {
+					// Preflight request without CORS config should fail
+					s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrAccessDenied)
+					return
+				}
+				// Non-preflight request, continue normally
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 				return
 			}
-			// Non-preflight request, continue normally
-			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-			return
 		}
 
 		// Evaluate CORS request
@@ -129,13 +136,18 @@ func (m *Middleware) HandleOptionsRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	// Load CORS configuration from cache
 	config, errCode := m.corsConfigGetter.GetCORSConfiguration(bucket)
 	if errCode != s3err.ErrNone || config == nil {
-		// No CORS configuration for OPTIONS request should return access denied
-		if corsReq.IsPreflightRequest {
-			s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrAccessDenied)
+		// No bucket-level CORS configuration, try fallback (global config)
+		if m.fallbackConfig != nil {
+			config = m.fallbackConfig
+		} else {
+			// No CORS configuration at all for OPTIONS request should return access denied
+			if corsReq.IsPreflightRequest {
+				s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrAccessDenied)
+				return
+			}
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			return
 		}
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		return
 	}
 
 	// Evaluate CORS request
diff --git a/weed/s3api/cors/middleware_test.go b/weed/s3api/cors/middleware_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9335ca17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/s3api/cors/middleware_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+package cors
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/s3api/s3err"
+)
+
+// Mock implementations for testing
+
+type mockBucketChecker struct {
+	bucketExists bool
+}
+
+func (m *mockBucketChecker) CheckBucket(r *http.Request, bucket string) s3err.ErrorCode {
+	if m.bucketExists {
+		return s3err.ErrNone
+	}
+	return s3err.ErrNoSuchBucket
+}
+
+type mockCORSConfigGetter struct {
+	config  *CORSConfiguration
+	errCode s3err.ErrorCode
+}
+
+func (m *mockCORSConfigGetter) GetCORSConfiguration(bucket string) (*CORSConfiguration, s3err.ErrorCode) {
+	return m.config, m.errCode
+}
+
+// TestMiddlewareFallbackConfig tests that the middleware uses fallback config when bucket-level config is not available
+func TestMiddlewareFallbackConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                 string
+		bucketConfig         *CORSConfiguration
+		fallbackConfig       *CORSConfiguration
+		requestOrigin        string
+		requestMethod        string
+		isOptions            bool
+		expectedStatus       int
+		expectedOriginHeader string
+		description          string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "No bucket config, fallback to global config with wildcard",
+			bucketConfig: nil,
+			fallbackConfig: &CORSConfiguration{
+				CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+					{
+						AllowedOrigins: []string{"*"},
+						AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "HEAD"},
+						AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			requestOrigin:        "https://example.com",
+			requestMethod:        "GET",
+			isOptions:            false,
+			expectedStatus:       http.StatusOK,
+			expectedOriginHeader: "https://example.com",
+			description:          "Should use fallback global config when no bucket config exists",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "No bucket config, fallback to global config with specific origin",
+			bucketConfig: nil,
+			fallbackConfig: &CORSConfiguration{
+				CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+					{
+						AllowedOrigins: []string{"https://example.com"},
+						AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST"},
+						AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			requestOrigin:        "https://example.com",
+			requestMethod:        "GET",
+			isOptions:            false,
+			expectedStatus:       http.StatusOK,
+			expectedOriginHeader: "https://example.com",
+			description:          "Should use fallback config with specific origin match",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "No bucket config, fallback rejects non-matching origin",
+			bucketConfig: nil,
+			fallbackConfig: &CORSConfiguration{
+				CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+					{
+						AllowedOrigins: []string{"https://allowed.com"},
+						AllowedMethods: []string{"GET"},
+						AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			requestOrigin:        "https://notallowed.com",
+			requestMethod:        "GET",
+			isOptions:            false,
+			expectedStatus:       http.StatusOK,
+			expectedOriginHeader: "",
+			description:          "Should not apply CORS headers when origin doesn't match fallback config",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Bucket config takes precedence over fallback",
+			bucketConfig: &CORSConfiguration{
+				CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+					{
+						AllowedOrigins: []string{"https://bucket-specific.com"},
+						AllowedMethods: []string{"GET"},
+						AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			fallbackConfig: &CORSConfiguration{
+				CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+					{
+						AllowedOrigins: []string{"*"},
+						AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST"},
+						AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			requestOrigin:        "https://bucket-specific.com",
+			requestMethod:        "GET",
+			isOptions:            false,
+			expectedStatus:       http.StatusOK,
+			expectedOriginHeader: "https://bucket-specific.com",
+			description:          "Bucket-level config should be used instead of fallback",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Bucket config rejects, even though fallback would allow",
+			bucketConfig: &CORSConfiguration{
+				CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+					{
+						AllowedOrigins: []string{"https://restricted.com"},
+						AllowedMethods: []string{"GET"},
+						AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			fallbackConfig: &CORSConfiguration{
+				CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+					{
+						AllowedOrigins: []string{"*"},
+						AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST"},
+						AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			requestOrigin:        "https://example.com",
+			requestMethod:        "GET",
+			isOptions:            false,
+			expectedStatus:       http.StatusOK,
+			expectedOriginHeader: "",
+			description:          "Bucket-level config is authoritative, fallback should not apply",
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "No config at all, no CORS headers",
+			bucketConfig:         nil,
+			fallbackConfig:       nil,
+			requestOrigin:        "https://example.com",
+			requestMethod:        "GET",
+			isOptions:            false,
+			expectedStatus:       http.StatusOK,
+			expectedOriginHeader: "",
+			description:          "Without any config, no CORS headers should be applied",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "OPTIONS preflight with fallback config",
+			bucketConfig: nil,
+			fallbackConfig: &CORSConfiguration{
+				CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+					{
+						AllowedOrigins: []string{"https://example.com"},
+						AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST"},
+						AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			requestOrigin:        "https://example.com",
+			requestMethod:        "OPTIONS",
+			isOptions:            true,
+			expectedStatus:       http.StatusOK,
+			expectedOriginHeader: "https://example.com",
+			description:          "OPTIONS preflight should work with fallback config",
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "OPTIONS preflight without any config should fail",
+			bucketConfig:         nil,
+			fallbackConfig:       nil,
+			requestOrigin:        "https://example.com",
+			requestMethod:        "OPTIONS",
+			isOptions:            true,
+			expectedStatus:       http.StatusForbidden,
+			expectedOriginHeader: "",
+			description:          "OPTIONS preflight without config should return 403",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Setup mocks
+			bucketChecker := &mockBucketChecker{bucketExists: true}
+			configGetter := &mockCORSConfigGetter{
+				config:  tt.bucketConfig,
+				errCode: s3err.ErrNone,
+			}
+
+			// Create middleware with optional fallback
+			middleware := NewMiddleware(bucketChecker, configGetter, tt.fallbackConfig)
+
+			// Create request with mux variables
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(tt.requestMethod, "/testbucket/testobject", nil)
+			req = mux.SetURLVars(req, map[string]string{
+				"bucket": "testbucket",
+				"object": "testobject",
+			})
+			if tt.requestOrigin != "" {
+				req.Header.Set("Origin", tt.requestOrigin)
+			}
+			if tt.isOptions {
+				req.Header.Set("Access-Control-Request-Method", "GET")
+			}
+
+			// Create response recorder
+			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+			// Create a simple handler that returns 200 OK
+			nextHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			})
+
+			// Execute middleware
+			if tt.isOptions {
+				middleware.HandleOptionsRequest(w, req)
+			} else {
+				middleware.Handler(nextHandler).ServeHTTP(w, req)
+			}
+
+			// Check status code
+			if w.Code != tt.expectedStatus {
+				t.Errorf("%s: expected status %d, got %d", tt.description, tt.expectedStatus, w.Code)
+			}
+
+			// Check CORS header
+			actualOrigin := w.Header().Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin")
+			if actualOrigin != tt.expectedOriginHeader {
+				t.Errorf("%s: expected Access-Control-Allow-Origin='%s', got '%s'",
+					tt.description, tt.expectedOriginHeader, actualOrigin)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestMiddlewareFallbackConfigWithMultipleOrigins tests fallback with multiple allowed origins
+func TestMiddlewareFallbackConfigWithMultipleOrigins(t *testing.T) {
+	fallbackConfig := &CORSConfiguration{
+		CORSRules: []CORSRule{
+			{
+				AllowedOrigins: []string{"https://example1.com", "https://example2.com"},
+				AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST"},
+				AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	bucketChecker := &mockBucketChecker{bucketExists: true}
+	configGetter := &mockCORSConfigGetter{
+		config:  nil, // No bucket config
+		errCode: s3err.ErrNone,
+	}
+
+	middleware := NewMiddleware(bucketChecker, configGetter, fallbackConfig)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		origin      string
+		shouldMatch bool
+		description string
+	}{
+		{
+			origin:      "https://example1.com",
+			shouldMatch: true,
+			description: "First allowed origin should match",
+		},
+		{
+			origin:      "https://example2.com",
+			shouldMatch: true,
+			description: "Second allowed origin should match",
+		},
+		{
+			origin:      "https://example3.com",
+			shouldMatch: false,
+			description: "Non-allowed origin should not match",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/testbucket/testobject", nil)
+			req = mux.SetURLVars(req, map[string]string{
+				"bucket": "testbucket",
+				"object": "testobject",
+			})
+			req.Header.Set("Origin", tt.origin)
+
+			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			nextHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			})
+
+			middleware.Handler(nextHandler).ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+			actualOrigin := w.Header().Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin")
+			if tt.shouldMatch {
+				if actualOrigin != tt.origin {
+					t.Errorf("%s: expected Access-Control-Allow-Origin='%s', got '%s'",
+						tt.description, tt.origin, actualOrigin)
+				}
+			} else {
+				if actualOrigin != "" {
+					t.Errorf("%s: expected no Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, got '%s'",
+						tt.description, actualOrigin)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_cors_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_cors_handlers.go
index bd27785e2..58f91b0ee 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_cors_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_bucket_cors_handlers.go
@@ -28,12 +28,36 @@ func (g *S3CORSConfigGetter) GetCORSConfiguration(bucket string) (*cors.CORSConf
 	return g.server.getCORSConfiguration(bucket)
 }
 
-// getCORSMiddleware returns a CORS middleware instance with caching
+// getCORSMiddleware returns a CORS middleware instance with global fallback config
 func (s3a *S3ApiServer) getCORSMiddleware() *cors.Middleware {
 	bucketChecker := &S3BucketChecker{server: s3a}
 	corsConfigGetter := &S3CORSConfigGetter{server: s3a}
 
-	return cors.NewMiddleware(bucketChecker, corsConfigGetter)
+	// Create fallback CORS configuration from global AllowedOrigins setting
+	fallbackConfig := s3a.createFallbackCORSConfig()
+
+	return cors.NewMiddleware(bucketChecker, corsConfigGetter, fallbackConfig)
+}
+
+// createFallbackCORSConfig creates a CORS configuration from global AllowedOrigins
+func (s3a *S3ApiServer) createFallbackCORSConfig() *cors.CORSConfiguration {
+	if len(s3a.option.AllowedOrigins) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Create a permissive CORS rule based on global allowed origins
+	// This matches the behavior of handleCORSOriginValidation
+	rule := cors.CORSRule{
+		AllowedOrigins: s3a.option.AllowedOrigins,
+		AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "PUT", "POST", "DELETE", "HEAD"},
+		AllowedHeaders: []string{"*"},
+		ExposeHeaders:  []string{"ETag", "Content-Length", "Content-Type"},
+		MaxAgeSeconds:  nil, // No max age by default
+	}
+
+	return &cors.CORSConfiguration{
+		CORSRules: []cors.CORSRule{rule},
+	}
 }
 
 // GetBucketCorsHandler handles Get bucket CORS configuration