diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-utils/block-cross-site.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-utils/block-cross-site.ts
index f4bd72b56d2be..0ea728fef158f 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-utils/block-cross-site.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-utils/block-cross-site.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,25 @@ function warnOrBlockRequest(
   return true
 }
 
+function isInternalDevEndpoint(req: IncomingMessage): boolean {
+  if (!req.url) return false
+
+  try {
+    // TODO: We should standardize on a single prefix for this
+    const isMiddlewareRequest = req.url.includes('/__nextjs')
+    const isInternalAsset = req.url.includes('/_next')
+    // Static media requests are excluded, as they might be loaded via CSS and would fail
+    // CORS checks.
+    const isIgnoredRequest =
+      req.url.includes('/_next/image') ||
+      req.url.includes('/_next/static/media')
+
+    return !isIgnoredRequest && (isInternalAsset || isMiddlewareRequest)
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
 export const blockCrossSite = (
   req: IncomingMessage,
   res: ServerResponse | Duplex,
@@ -51,8 +70,7 @@ export const blockCrossSite = (
   }
 
   // only process internal URLs/middleware
-  // TODO: We should standardize on a single prefix for this
-  if (!req.url?.includes('/_next') && !req.url?.includes('/__nextjs')) {
+  if (!isInternalDevEndpoint(req)) {
     return false
   }
   // block non-cors request from cross-site e.g. script tag on
diff --git a/test/development/basic/allowed-dev-origins.test.ts b/test/development/basic/allowed-dev-origins.test.ts
index b0b25aa20c03a..81dcce643296e 100644
--- a/test/development/basic/allowed-dev-origins.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/basic/allowed-dev-origins.test.ts
@@ -318,6 +318,37 @@ describe.each([['', '/docs']])(
           server.close()
         }
       })
+
+      it('should load images regardless of allowed origins', async () => {
+        const { server, port } = await createHostServer()
+        try {
+          const browser = await webdriver(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}`, '/about')
+
+          const imageSnippet = `(() => {
+            const statusEl = document.createElement('p')
+            statusEl.id = 'status'
+            document.querySelector('body').appendChild(statusEl)
+
+            const image = document.createElement('img')
+            image.src = "${next.url}/_next/image?url=%2Fimage.png&w=256&q=75"
+            document.querySelector('body').appendChild(image)
+            image.onload = () => {
+              statusEl.innerText = 'OK'
+            }
+            image.onerror = () => {
+              statusEl.innerText = 'Unauthorized'
+            }
+          })()`
+
+          await browser.eval(imageSnippet)
+
+          await retry(async () => {
+            expect(await browser.elementByCss('#status').text()).toBe('OK')
+          })
+        } finally {
+          server.close()
+        }
+      })
     })
   }
 )
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