diff --git a/internal/bucket/cors/cors.go b/internal/bucket/cors/cors.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91822f13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/bucket/cors/cors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2021 MinIO, Inc.
+//
+// This file is part of MinIO Object Storage stack
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see .
+
+// Package cors implements the S3 per-bucket CORS configuration type,
+// its validation, and origin/method/header matching helpers.
+package cors
+
+import (
+ "encoding/xml"
+ "errors"
+ "io"
+ "strings"
+
+ "github.com/minio/pkg/v3/wildcard"
+)
+
+// maxCORSRules is the maximum number of rules allowed per bucket (AWS S3 limit).
+const maxCORSRules = 100
+
+// supportedMethods are the HTTP methods permitted in an AllowedMethod element.
+var supportedMethods = map[string]bool{
+ "GET": true,
+ "PUT": true,
+ "HEAD": true,
+ "POST": true,
+ "DELETE": true,
+}
+
+// Config is the S3 document.
+type Config struct {
+ XMLName xml.Name `xml:"CORSConfiguration"`
+ CORSRules []Rule `xml:"CORSRule"`
+}
+
+// Rule is a single .
+type Rule struct {
+ ID string `xml:"ID,omitempty"`
+ AllowedHeaders []string `xml:"AllowedHeader"`
+ AllowedMethods []string `xml:"AllowedMethod"`
+ AllowedOrigins []string `xml:"AllowedOrigin"`
+ ExposeHeaders []string `xml:"ExposeHeader"`
+ MaxAgeSeconds int `xml:"MaxAgeSeconds"`
+}
+
+// ParseBucketCorsConfig parses a CORS configuration from the given reader.
+func ParseBucketCorsConfig(r io.Reader) (*Config, error) {
+ var c Config
+ if err := xml.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&c); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ return &c, nil
+}
+
+// Validate checks the config against the S3 constraints.
+func (c *Config) Validate() error {
+ if len(c.CORSRules) == 0 {
+ return errors.New("CORSConfiguration must contain at least one rule")
+ }
+ if len(c.CORSRules) > maxCORSRules {
+ return errors.New("CORSConfiguration exceeds the maximum number of rules")
+ }
+ for _, r := range c.CORSRules {
+ if len(r.AllowedOrigins) == 0 {
+ return errors.New("CORSRule must contain at least one AllowedOrigin")
+ }
+ if len(r.AllowedMethods) == 0 {
+ return errors.New("CORSRule must contain at least one AllowedMethod")
+ }
+ for _, m := range r.AllowedMethods {
+ if !supportedMethods[strings.ToUpper(m)] {
+ return errors.New("unsupported method in CORSRule: " + m)
+ }
+ }
+ if r.MaxAgeSeconds < 0 {
+ return errors.New("MaxAgeSeconds must not be negative")
+ }
+ }
+ return nil
+}
+
+// HasAllowedOrigin reports whether the rule allows the given origin.
+func (r Rule) HasAllowedOrigin(origin string) bool {
+ for _, o := range r.AllowedOrigins {
+ if o == "*" || wildcard.MatchSimple(o, origin) {
+ return true
+ }
+ }
+ return false
+}
+
+// HasAllowedMethod reports whether the rule allows the given HTTP method.
+func (r Rule) HasAllowedMethod(method string) bool {
+ for _, m := range r.AllowedMethods {
+ if strings.EqualFold(m, method) {
+ return true
+ }
+ }
+ return false
+}
+
+// FilterAllowedHeaders returns the subset of reqHeaders permitted by the rule
+// and whether every requested header was allowed.
+func (r Rule) FilterAllowedHeaders(reqHeaders []string) ([]string, bool) {
+ var allowed []string
+ for _, h := range reqHeaders {
+ h = strings.TrimSpace(h)
+ if h == "" {
+ continue
+ }
+ if !r.headerAllowed(h) {
+ return nil, false
+ }
+ allowed = append(allowed, h)
+ }
+ return allowed, true
+}
+
+func (r Rule) headerAllowed(header string) bool {
+ for _, h := range r.AllowedHeaders {
+ if h == "*" || wildcard.MatchSimple(strings.ToLower(h), strings.ToLower(header)) {
+ return true
+ }
+ }
+ return false
+}
+
+// MatchRule returns the first rule whose origin and method both match.
+func (c *Config) MatchRule(origin, method string) (*Rule, bool) {
+ for i := range c.CORSRules {
+ r := &c.CORSRules[i]
+ if r.HasAllowedOrigin(origin) && r.HasAllowedMethod(method) {
+ return r, true
+ }
+ }
+ return nil, false
+}
diff --git a/internal/bucket/cors/cors_test.go b/internal/bucket/cors/cors_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a83cd1cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/bucket/cors/cors_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2021 MinIO, Inc.
+//
+// This file is part of MinIO Object Storage stack
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see .
+
+package cors
+
+import (
+ "strings"
+ "testing"
+)
+
+const sampleCORS = `
+
+ rule1
+ http://www.example.com
+ https://*.example.org
+ GET
+ PUT
+ x-amz-*
+ ETag
+ 3000
+
+`
+
+func TestParseAndValidate(t *testing.T) {
+ c, err := ParseBucketCorsConfig(strings.NewReader(sampleCORS))
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("parse failed: %v", err)
+ }
+ if err := c.Validate(); err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("validate failed: %v", err)
+ }
+ if len(c.CORSRules) != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 1 rule, got %d", len(c.CORSRules))
+ }
+ if c.CORSRules[0].MaxAgeSeconds != 3000 {
+ t.Fatalf("MaxAgeSeconds mismatch: %d", c.CORSRules[0].MaxAgeSeconds)
+ }
+}
+
+func TestValidateRejections(t *testing.T) {
+ cases := map[string]string{
+ "bad method": `*TRACE`,
+ "no origin": `GET`,
+ "no method": `*`,
+ "negative age": `*GET-1`,
+ }
+ for name, doc := range cases {
+ c, err := ParseBucketCorsConfig(strings.NewReader(doc))
+ if err != nil {
+ continue // parse-level rejection is acceptable
+ }
+ if err := c.Validate(); err == nil {
+ t.Errorf("%s: expected validation error, got nil", name)
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+func TestMatching(t *testing.T) {
+ c, _ := ParseBucketCorsConfig(strings.NewReader(sampleCORS))
+ rule, ok := c.MatchRule("https://api.example.org", "GET")
+ if !ok {
+ t.Fatal("expected origin+method to match")
+ }
+ if _, ok := c.MatchRule("http://evil.com", "GET"); ok {
+ t.Fatal("did not expect match for disallowed origin")
+ }
+ if _, ok := c.MatchRule("http://www.example.com", "DELETE"); ok {
+ t.Fatal("did not expect match for disallowed method")
+ }
+ allowed, ok := rule.FilterAllowedHeaders([]string{"x-amz-date", "x-amz-content-sha256"})
+ if !ok || len(allowed) != 2 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected both headers allowed via wildcard, got %v ok=%v", allowed, ok)
+ }
+ if _, ok := rule.FilterAllowedHeaders([]string{"authorization"}); ok {
+ t.Fatal("did not expect authorization to be allowed")
+ }
+}