diff --git a/proxy/proxymanager.go b/proxy/proxymanager.go
index 09e09d1..4c4fee5 100644
--- a/proxy/proxymanager.go
+++ b/proxy/proxymanager.go
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ func New(config *Config) *ProxyManager {
 
 			// allow whatever the client requested by default
 			if headers := c.Request.Header.Get("Access-Control-Request-Headers"); headers != "" {
-				c.Header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", headers)
+				sanitized := SanitizeAccessControlRequestHeaderValues(headers)
+				c.Header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", sanitized)
 			} else {
 				c.Header(
 					"Access-Control-Allow-Headers",
diff --git a/proxy/sanitize_cors.go b/proxy/sanitize_cors.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70873fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/sanitize_cors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func isTokenChar(r rune) bool {
+	switch {
+	case r >= 'a' && r <= 'z':
+	case r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z':
+	case r >= '0' && r <= '9':
+	case strings.ContainsRune("!#$%&'*+-.^_`|~", r):
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func SanitizeAccessControlRequestHeaderValues(headerValues string) string {
+	parts := strings.Split(headerValues, ",")
+	valid := make([]string, 0, len(parts))
+
+	for _, p := range parts {
+		v := strings.TrimSpace(p)
+		if v == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		validPart := true
+		for _, c := range v {
+			if !isTokenChar(c) {
+				validPart = false
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if validPart {
+			valid = append(valid, v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(valid, ", ")
+}
diff --git a/proxy/sanitize_cors_test.go b/proxy/sanitize_cors_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad11fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/sanitize_cors_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package proxy
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSanitizeAccessControlRequestHeaderValues(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "empty string",
+			input:    "",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "whitespace only",
+			input:    "   ",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "single valid value",
+			input:    "content-type",
+			expected: "content-type",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "multiple valid values",
+			input:    "content-type, authorization, x-requested-with",
+			expected: "content-type, authorization, x-requested-with",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "values with extra spaces",
+			input:    "  content-type  ,  authorization  ",
+			expected: "content-type, authorization",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "values with tabs",
+			input:    "content-type,\tauthorization",
+			expected: "content-type, authorization",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "values with invalid characters",
+			input:    "content-type, auth\n, x-requested-with\r",
+			expected: "content-type, auth, x-requested-with",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty values in list",
+			input:    "content-type,,authorization",
+			expected: "content-type, authorization",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "leading and trailing commas",
+			input:    ",content-type,authorization,",
+			expected: "content-type, authorization",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "mixed valid and invalid values",
+			input:    "content-type, \x00invalid, x-requested-with",
+			expected: "content-type, x-requested-with",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "mixed case values",
+			input:    "Content-Type, my-Valid-Header, Another-hEader",
+			expected: "Content-Type, my-Valid-Header, Another-hEader",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := SanitizeAccessControlRequestHeaderValues(tt.input)
+			if got != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("SanitizeAccessControlRequestHeaderValues(%q) = %q, want %q",
+					tt.input, got, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}